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Gray Wolf conservation in the Northern Rockies: Can we protect wolves and ranchers?

Vermont Law

gray wolves (Canis lupus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which gave them federal protection from hunting, killing, and otherwise harassing. In 2003, satisfied that the populations had sufficiently recovered, USFWS initiated procedures to delist wolves from the ESA. killed earlier in 2017. litigation.

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Climate Attribution and the Willow Project: Federal Obligations to Evaluate the Effects of Fossil Fuel Leasing on Endangered Species

Law Columbia

2017) ; Lunn et al. There is also research on the adverse effects of sea ice loss on seals and other ice-dependent species. 2017) ; Laidre et al. Thus, there is a clear causal connection between the emissions attributable to the Willow project, sea ice loss, and adverse effects on species. See, e.g., IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.3