Legal Opinion
Defenders of Wildlife v. Ryan Zinke
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 3, 2017No. 14-5300 Consolidated with 14-5311, 14-5312, 14-5313, 14-5314, 14-5315PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
The gray wolf in Wyoming has been a protected species since 1973 pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) and its predecessor. In 2011, the Secretary of the Interior proposed to delist the wolf on the basis of the recovery of the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf population and the conservation management plan of the State of Wyoming. Environmental groups opposed the delisting, and thereafter Wyoming' made statutory and regulatory changes and created an Addendum to its management plan. Upon consideration of these changes and other data, the Fish and Wildlife…
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