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	<title>HOWL Colorado &#187; Political</title>
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	<description>Give wolves a voice</description>
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		<title>Feds release Wyo. wolf delist plan</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/10/07/feds-release-wyo-wolf-delist-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ CHEYENNE, WYO. &#8211; The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday released a plan for removing wolves from endangered species status in Wyoming that would codify a compromise between protections in the Yellowstone region and allowing wolves to be shot on sight elsewhere in the state.

The draft plan posted online and set for publication in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response from Diana Degette regarding the attacks on the Endangered Species List</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/09/23/response-from-diana-degette-regarding-the-attacks-on-the-endangered-species-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ï» Here was the official statement regarding wolf conservation and the Endangered Species Act from one of Coloradoâ€™s U.S. representatives Diana Degette.

Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns regarding attempts to weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA). I am pleased to learn your views on the subject and appreciate the opportunity to share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response from Michael Bennet regarding the attacks on the Endangered Species List</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/09/23/response-from-michael-bennet-regarding-the-attacks-on-the-endangered-species-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ï» Here was the official statement regarding wolf conservation and the Endangered Species Act from one of Colorado&#8217;s U.S. senators Michael Bennet.
Thank you for contacting me regarding the conservation of wolves. I appreciate hearing from you.
You should know I share in your concern that species conservation efforts are critical as habitat loss continues to affect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington has no place in wildlife management</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/09/09/washington-has-no-place-in-wildlife-management/</link>
		<comments>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/09/09/washington-has-no-place-in-wildlife-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ï» This editorial, written by Andy Snyder, appeared in the York Dispatch.

Another controversy is brewing in the hunting world.
This time, wolves are in the crosshairs and the nation&#8217;s politicians are to blame.
Back in April, when Washington was abuzz with one of its many last-minute budget fights, Congress slipped a note onto the budget bill. Knowing time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USFWS close to approving Wyoming wolf plan</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/08/17/usfws-close-to-approving-wyoming-wolf-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/08/17/usfws-close-to-approving-wyoming-wolf-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ï» Cheyenne, Wyo. (Little Chicago Review) &#8211; The Wyoming Wildlife Federation Board of Directors voted this past weekend to support Governor Meadâ€™s Wolf Plan that he has negotiated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

A caveat to accepting the plan is that the flex area be a permanent trophy game area. According to the Wyoming and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming seeks to use bill to prevent court challenges to any wolf deal</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/07/11/congress-seeking-to-use-appropriations-bill-to-remove-protections-from-wyoming-wolves/</link>
		<comments>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/07/11/congress-seeking-to-use-appropriations-bill-to-remove-protections-from-wyoming-wolves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Language proposed in an appropriations bill would turn Wyoming wolves over to state control and prevent lawsuits in the event of a deal removing the predator from Endangered Species Act protection.

U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., this week included the language in the 2012 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill along with provisions that, among other things, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon House votes to pay ranchers when wolves kill livestock</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/06/27/oregon-house-votes-to-pay-ranchers-when-wolves-kill-livestock/</link>
		<comments>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/06/27/oregon-house-votes-to-pay-ranchers-when-wolves-kill-livestock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SALEM, Ore. â€” The Oregon House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to pay ranchers for livestock lost to wolves moving into the state.

The legislation had appeared dead, but was revived after ranchers, conservation groups, and the governor&#8217;s office spent three days in a closed room last week hammering out details of the $100,000 package widely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan republican seeks removal of wolf protections in 48 states</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/05/13/michigan-republican-seeks-removal-of-wolf-protections-in-48-states/</link>
		<comments>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/05/13/michigan-republican-seeks-removal-of-wolf-protections-in-48-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 22:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Michigan republican representative, Candice Miller, wants wolf protections removed in 48 states.

Miller introduced a bill which would turn over all management of gray wolves to the state wildlife agencies in all states other than Hawai&#8217;i and Alaska. Alaska being the only of those two which actually have wolves.
This would include the Great Lakes, Northern Rockies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Approves Wolf-killing Rider in Budget Act to Aid Montana Democrat&#8217;s Re-election</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/04/14/congress-approves-wolf-killing-rider-in-budget-act-to-aid-montana-democrats-re-election/</link>
		<comments>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/04/14/congress-approves-wolf-killing-rider-in-budget-act-to-aid-montana-democrats-re-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following Press Release was sent out by Michael Robinson from the Center for Biological Diversity.

WASHINGTONâ€” In part to aid the re-election campaign of Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Congress today approved a budget bill that includes a rider removing wolves in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Utah from the federal endangered species list and sets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolf Delisting Survives Budget Fight, as Settlement Crumbles</title>
		<link>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/04/11/wolf-delisting-survives-budget-fight-as-settlement-crumbles/</link>
		<comments>http://howlcolorado.org/2011/04/11/wolf-delisting-survives-budget-fight-as-settlement-crumbles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ House and Senate appropriators have agreed to include a bipartisan proposal to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves as part of a final compromise to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year.

The agreement came just hours before a federal judge in Montana rejected (pdf) a more limited delisting proposal by [...]]]></description>
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