Our friend and former U.S. Wildlife Services employee and the author of WOLFER,,,,,,,,,,,,,Carter Niemeyer is as "up close and in personal" as anyone in North America can be on Wolf restoration and the anti-Wolf movement in the Rocky Mountain West.......................Carter is dismayed to hear himself admit to the fact that in his opinion, "state legislatures have gone off the deep end in persecuting wolves"................ "Wolves can take a lot but then what do the legislatures have on their agendas in coming years - maybe drones, maybe poison, maybe bounties, maybe year round denning of wolf pups"............ "I absolutely believe that legislatures will take it that far".......... "Payback to the feds and the wolf advocates, all based on anecdotal bullshit that wolves are impacting livestock, pets and ungulates"............While I hate myself for saying this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I HAVE TO AGREE WITH CARTER............Unless some type of "hail mary" 11th hour negotiated plan between state righters, Enviros and the Feds can be brokered, it appears that under the most progressive minded President ever(OBAAMA), 50 years of species restoration and pro biological diversity headway is going to come to a screeching halt.................Carter, than you as always for your candor and insights

From: Niemeyer 
Subject:: Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus signs on the Gray Wolf Letter - Who would have guessed...........?

Hi All

I think gray wolf delisting is a done deal myself. Too bad but those are the vibes I get at every turn. After working for the feds and watching them operate - the USFWS is going to bail out on wolves in my humble opinion. While state management was the ultimate goal I believe most states will treat wolves like vermin. It is the easy path to take but I hope the feds keep watching and measuring the population. 

Will adequate regulatory mechanisms be maintained? Maybe, but the state legislatures have gone off the deep end in persecuting wolves - more so than the "sportsmen" can deliver with guns, snares and traps. The state legislatures have gone nuts or I would call it "reckless". Wolves can take a lot but then what do the legislatures have on their agendas in coming years - maybe drones, maybe poison, maybe bounties, maybe year round denning of wolf pups. I absolutely believe that legislatures will take it that far. Payback to the feds and the wolf advocates, all based on anecdotal bullshit that wolves are impacting livestock, pets and ungulates.....

I think wolves are here to stay and that sportsmen's efforts will wain. That is when the legislatures will take it too far.... That is my prediction. I hope I am wrong. In the meantime, the watchdogs better work overtime.....

Carter

ON CAPITOL HILL Members of the Congressional Sportsmen's  Caucus Sign on to Gray Wolf Letter On March 22, 64 members of the Congressional  Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) signed on to a bipartisan  letter addressed to Dan Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish  and Wildlife Service (USFWS), supporting the nationwide  delisting of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act.  The letter, signed by 59 Members of the House of  Representatives and 13 Members of the U.S. Senate...

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