Utah Lawmakers Pass Resolution to Delist Wolves!
2/24/2011
Utah lawmakers have passed a resolution encouraging the federal government to allow the hunting of wolves to control their population.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have passed a resolution encouraging the federal government to allow the hunting of wolves to control their population.
Republican Rep. Noel of Kanab says Senate Concurrent Resolution 15 would urge the federal government to take wolves off the endangered species list.
The resolution passed the House 60-8 Wednesday and now goes to the governor to be signed.
Noel, who howled while introducing the resolution, says the delisting of wolves would allow state wildlife agencies to manage wolf populations.
A 2011 budget bill now before Congress includes a provision to revoke endangered species status for an estimated 1,400 wolves in Idaho, Montana and portions of Washington, Oregon and Utah