Below is a list of Federal Actions that have affected the Endangered Species Act status of the gray wolf in the Midwest. Each action is linked to information about that action.
May 2006 - Permits were issued to the Michigan DNR and the Wisconsin DNR to take wolves for depredation control. We were then sued for issuance of those permits. We lost the case and the permits were void. We are appealing the court's decision.
March 2006 - Proposed Rule to Delist the Gray Wolf Western Distinct Population Segment
December
2005 - Department of Interior
declines to appeal Oregon and Vermont Court decisions
August
2005 - Vermont court ruling overturns
2003 Final Rule and eliminates gray wolf Eastern Distinct Population Segment (PDF)
January
2005 - Oregon court opinion overturns
2003 final rule and nullifies the 2004 delisting proposal
2004
- Proposal to delist the gray wolf Eastern
Distinct Population Segment
2003
- Final Rule to
designate 3 Distinct Population Segments and change the ESA status of
the gray wolf throughout most of the lower 48 States
2000
- Proposal to change the ESA status of
the gray wolf throughout most of the lower 48 States
1978
- Reclassification
of the Gray Wolf in the United States and Mexico, with Determination of
Critical Habitat in Michigan and Minnesota (PDF)
1974
- Gray wolf listed as endangered in the lower 48 States and Mexico
