It's been an interesting saga that seems to have an end in sight. The discussion of if the eastern timber wolf (which are numerous in the Upper Peninsula) should be removed from the endangered species list has been a heated one for years now, and the U.S. Interior Department seems to think they should have the final say.
Excerpt: U.S. Interior Department officials have pledged to members of Congress that the eastern timber wolf will be removed from the endangered species list sometime in 2011, though the move would still face legal scrutiny.
The pledge went to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Thursday after she and other members of Minnesota's congressional delegation had been pressuring the Interior Department to take action.
It's the latest update in a decades-long saga over how wolves should be managed in the western Great Lakes.
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Source: Duluth NewsDaily Tribune
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