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Klobuchar and Oberstar urge delisting of wolf

By Andy Birkey | 05.20.10 | 8:22 am

Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. James Oberstar are urging the federal Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to speed up the process of removing the Great Lakes populations of gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Outside of Alaska, Minnesota…

Minnesota’s gray wolf to be removed from endangered species list–again

By Andy Birkey | 03.09.09 | 12:23 pm

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Friday that the federal government was removing the gray wolf from the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act. Minnesota’s gray wolf population is one the nation’s largest, second only to…