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 An inter-agency federal report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that the number of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains declined about 5 percent last year.

The Arizona Fish and Game Department released their monthly Mexican gray wolf update for February.

Breaking down H.R. 1

March 1st, 2011

Here’s a breakdown of everything in H.R. 1 that is either ecologically, or environmentally damaging, including SEC 1713.

The House Budget Bill, including the dangerous SEC.1713, which would remove wolves in some states from the endangered species act permanently – without any scientific guidance, will go to the floor of the US Senate in the next day or so.

The Washington Cattlemen’s Association has filed suit to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine if the gray wolf still requires protection as an endangered species.

Montana governor Brian Schweitzer appears not to care for federal law, and has no faith that a scientifically-driven, or even legislatively-driven solution is forthcoming.

When Wyoming representative Cynthia Lummis tried to introduce an amendment to a budget bill to include her state, it was shot down on procedural grounds.

STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s controversial wolf hunt, which has sparked widespread criticism from environmentalists and legal action from the European Commission, ended with hunters failing to cull one of the 20 animals in the quota, officials said Wednesday.

Wolves killed 63 cattle, most of which were calves, worth a total of $113,586, according to a new report from the state Department of Natural Resources. Between 25 and 27 packs of wolves are believed to have carried out the killings along with a handful of lone wolves.

The Arizona Fish and Game Department released their monthly Mexican gray wolf update for January.

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