Northern Great Lakes Wolf Recovery Act

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Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

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

Federal protection for gray wolves in parts of the Great Lakes would be removed

This bill would remove federal protections for gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It would also require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to update its monitoring plan for these wolves and create an advisory committee to guide management decisions. This means states would take over managing these wolf populations.

What Would Change

Today, gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes Region are federally protected under the Endangered Species Act and monitored under a 2008 plan. If this bill becomes law, federal protections for gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula would be removed, and a new advisory committee would be formed within 30 days to guide an updated monitoring plan within one year.

Key Provisions

The Secretary of the Interior would remove federal protections for gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would update the plan for monitoring gray wolves in these areas within one year.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would create a new advisory committee to help manage gray wolves in the Northern Great Lakes Region within 30 days.
This advisory committee would include federal and state officials, tribal representatives, and wolf experts.
The committee would advise on the monitoring plan update, the delisting rule, and during a 5-year monitoring period after delisting.

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S 5519 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10

Northern Great Lakes Wolf Recovery Act

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