WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014. The Obama administration’s proposal to end federal protections for gray wolves across most the lower 48 states contains substantial errors and misrepresents the most current science regarding wolf conservation and wolf taxonomy, an independent peer review panel has found. The four leading wolf scientists were unanimous in their broad criticism of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s June 2013 proposal to drop Endangered Species Act protections for the wolves, which occupy less than 5 percent of their historic range.
