Cheyenne—The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released a draft revised version of its gray wolf management plan for public comment. The draft revised plan addresses many of the issues brought up in recent court decisions regarding removal of the Northern Rocky Mountain population of wolves from the federal Threatened and Endangered Species list.
Concurrently, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on its proposal to delist the Northern Rocky Mountain population of wolves. That public comment period ends on November 28, 2008. Wyoming’s revised plan will be submitted to the US Fish and Wildlife Service during this comment period as part of Wyoming’s comments on the federal delisting proposal.
Revisions to Wyoming’s wolf plan are consistent with emergency rule changes to Wyoming Game and Fish Regulations....
