For Immediate Release, June 9, 2021
Contact:
Andrea Zaccardi, Center for Biological Diversity, (303) 854-7748, azaccardi@biologicaldiversity.org
Rodi Rosensweig, The Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society Legislative Fund, (202) 809-8711, rrosensweig@humanesociety.org
Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org
Gary Macfarlane, Friends of the Clearwater, (208) 882-9755, gary@friendsoftheclearwater.org
Jake Bleich, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3208, jbleich@defenders.org
Forest Service Protections Sought for Wolves in Idaho, Montana Wildernesses
BOZEMAN,
Mont. A coalition of wildlife advocacy groups, represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice, today asked the U.S. Forest Service to issue new protections for wolves in designated wilderness areas following Idaho and Montana’s enactment of a rash of aggressive anti-wolf laws.