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New Lawsuit Demands National Gray Wolf Recovery Plan

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging the failure of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a national gray wolf recovery plan under the Endangered Species Act.

Recovery plans should describe actions needed to achieve the full recovery of species listed under the Act. But the gray wolf’s outdated recovery plan was developed in 1992 and mostly focuses on Minnesota. It neglects other places where wolves have lived and could recover, like the West Coast, southern Rocky Mountains and northeastern United States.

“The Service can’t rely on its outdated, unambitious, and piecemeal approach to wolf recovery any longer,” said Sophia Ressler, a staff attorney at the Center. “The agency’s refusal to complete a national wolf recovery plan, besides violating the law, neglects both the people who want this majestic species to recover and the wolves who are so important to our country’s biodiversity.”

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Media Contacts:

Endangered Species, Carnivore Conservation: Aaron Kunkler, Media Specialist – akunkler@biologicaldiversity.org, (206) 949-5353
Energy Justice: Patrick Sullivan, Media Director, psullivan@biologicaldiversity.org, (415) 632-5316
Climate: Nyshie Perkinson, Media Specialist – nperkinson@biologicaldiversity.org, (718) 928-5148
Public Lands, national monuments and borderlands:
Mary K. Reinhart, Deputy Director of the Media Program – mkreinhart@biologicaldiversity.org, (602) 320-7309
Oceans and International Wildlife: Natalie Jones, Media Specialist – njones@biologicaldiversity.org, 510.418.0179
Pesticides, toxics, air pollution, industrial agriculture and Environmental Health: Andy Parker, Media Specialist – aparker@biologicaldiversity.org, (503) 310-5569
Population and Sustainability: Kim Dinan, Media Specialist – kdinan@biologicaldiversity.org, (513)535-1306
Urban Wildlands, Government Affairs: Wendy Leung, Senior Media Specialist – wleung@biologicaldiversity.org, (818) 625-3128

Media photos: Patrick Sullivan, Media Director, psullivan@biologicaldiversity.org, (415) 632-5316

Banner photo Center for Biological Diversity; photo of jaguar by Robin Silver, Center for Biological Diversity