Scientists find flaws in plan to lift US wolf protections
Source: Associated Press
BY MATTHEW BROWN AND JOHN FLESHER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MAY 31, 2019 04:58 PM
BILLINGS, MONT.
Scientists tasked with reviewing government plans to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. said in a report released Friday that the proposal has numerous factual errors and other problems.
The five-member scientific panel's conclusions were detailed in a 245-page report delivered to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
One reviewer said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service appeared to have come to a pre-determined conclusion, not supported by its own science, that wolves should come off the endangered species list.
"It looks like they decided to delist and then they compiled all the evidence that they thought supported that decision. It simply doesn't support the decision," said Adrian Treves, an environmental studies professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Read more: https://www.bellinghamherald.com/latest-news/article231055338.html
= new reply since forum marked as read
