TRUMP’S INTERIOR DEPARTMENT TO SCRAP FEDERAL PROTECTIONS ON THE GRAY WOLF

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Daily Caller

The Department of the Interior (DOI) is expected to propose rolling back federal protections on gray wolf populations in the contiguous United States in the coming days, The Associated Press reports.

Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt broke the news Wednesday in a speech at a wildlife and natural resources conference in Denver, Colorado. (RELATED: REPORT: Feds Are Wasting Billions Protecting ‘Endangered’ Animals That Are Just Fine)

“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will soon propose a rule to delist the gray wolf in the lower 48 states and return management of the species back to the states and tribes,” a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement.