A win for Great Lakes wolves in federal court

The federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling striking down an attempt by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist Great Lakes wolves under the Endangered Species Act. Delisting the Great Lakes wolves would remove federal protections and open the wolves to state hunting seasons. (See this prior Great Lakes Law post on Michigan’s state-sanctioned wolf hunt.) In Humane Society v. Zinke, the federal court rejected the U.S. Fish... Read more →