A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 1, 2023

This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to delist the population of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) within the Northern Great Lakes Region (i.e., Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, thus removing protection for the gray wolf in such region.

In 1978, the FWS published a rule reclassifying the gray wolf as an endangered population throughout the contiguous United States and Mexico, except for the Minnesota gray wolf population, which was classified as threatened.

Within a year of this bill's enactment, the FWS must update its 2008 Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf.

The bill establishes an advisory committee to consult with the FWS on updating the monitoring plan, issuing the delisting rule, and monitoring the wolf population during the 5-year post-delisting monitoring period following the issuance of the rule.

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Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D–WI

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Environment and Public Works Committee

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Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

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Jun 1, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jun 1, 2023
Introduced in Senate

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S 5519 · Northern Great Lakes Wolf Recovery Act

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Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s1788/BILLS-118s1788is.htm

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Discuss S.1788, 118th Congress: A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1788

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2023-06-01.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s1788/BILLS-118s1788is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-10-07T19:08:41Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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