Committee Says It’s Time to Roll Back Endangered Species Protection for the Grey Wolf

House Republicans are urging the Biden administration to roll back protections for the grey wolf, citing the species’ growing population and conflicts with ranchers and farmers. Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) led 19 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Martha Williams on March 27 urging her to delist the grey wolf as a protected species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). “The service should move immediately to delist the grey wolf as a protected species which would allow the use of accepted methods of predator control to be used by ranchers and state agencies,” the letter says....