Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Archived Information - 2003 Final Rule to Reclassify/Delist the Gray Wolf
Below is
information about the Final Rule to Reclassify
and Delist the Gray Wolf in Portions of the United States that was
published in the Federal Register on April 1, 2003. However, on January 31, 2005, a U.S. District Court in
Portland, Oregon vacated and enjoined that Rule and the Department
of Justice declined to appeal the decision. The Vermont
District Court ruled similarly. Therefore, the Service considers that
the gray wolf reverted back to the ESA status that existed prior to the 2003 reclassification.
Information
about the April 1, 2003 Rule to Reclassify and Delist the Gray Wolf
Final
Rule Summary html; pdf
Final
Rule: Questions and Answers html; pdf
Reference
List for Gray Wolf Reclassification/Delisting Final Rule pdf
News
Release: Gray
Wolves Move Toward Recovery; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reclassifies
Some Wolves from Endangered to Threatened (March 18, 2003) html; pdf
Gray
Wolf Eastern Distinct Population Segment (html; pdf) fact
sheet about what the Eastern DPS designation means
Questions
and Answers About the Gray Wolf Western Distinct Population Segment
4(d) Rule pdf
What
is a "Distinct Population Segment?" htm; pdf
What
is the Difference Between Endangered and Threatened? html; pdf
Special
Regulations for Taking Gray Wolves
Minnesota
4(d) Rule pdf
4(d)
Rule for Midwestern Wolves (except Minnesota) pdf
Summary
of the Federal Regulations for Gray Wolves in the Eastern DPS html; pdf
Western
Distinct Population Segment 4(d) Rule pdf
Summary
of Western Gray Wolf DPS 4(d) Rule pdf
Yellowstone
and Central Idaho Non-essential Experimental Population Areas pdf
Mexican
Wolf Non-essential Experimental Population Area pdf
Little-Known
But Important Features of the Endangered Species Act - Distinct Population
Segments, 4(d) Rules, and Experimental Populations html pdf
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