The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delisted wolves across the contiguous United States on January 4, 2021. That decision acts neither with the best available science nor with the other requirements of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). When Fish and Wildlife put forth the rule to delist, gray wolves were not fully recovered. They have recently experienced setbacks in progress toward recovery because of high rates of human-caused mortality that have been sanctioned by state governments, as a result of premature delisting.

Aware of these concerns, the Biden Administration indicated on January 20, 2021 that the gray wolf delisting decision was under official review in accordance with the Executive Order, 'Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis."We applaud that decision to review and request that you rescind the delisting decision and reinstate federal protections for the gray wolf."

The referenced letter, is written and signed by more than 100 scientists - with collective expertise in ecology, population dynamics, genetics, human dimensions of wildlife management, and other areas relevant to wildlife conservation - who support reinstating federal protections for gray wolves across the contiguous United States cannot be attached here due to platform limitations but can be found in its entirety at s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com . 

Please sign this petition and let's get these wolves back under federal protection. Thank you.