Environmental

Scientists Slam Oregon’s ‘Fundamentally Flawed’ Proposal to Remove Wolf Protections

Top Researchers Determine Wolf Population Far From Recovered 

PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2015.  A group of leading independent scientists this week voiced their opposition to a plan to remove state protections from Oregon’s wolves, saying the estimated population of only 83 wolves cannot be considered recovered. The scientists identified significant flaws in a “population viability analysis” conducted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife that claims wolves are at low risk of extinction.

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