October 4, 2011 - On October 4th, we announced a proposed rule to remove the gray wolf in Wyoming from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.  The best scientific and commercial data available indicate that wolves in Wyoming are recovered and no longer meet the definition of endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).  Wyoming’s wolf population is stable, threats will be addressed, and a post-delisting monitoring and management plan has been developed.  We seek information, data, and comments from the public about this proposal including the post-delisting monitoring and management framework. 

• Press Release
• Federal Register Notice
• Literature Cited
• Peer Review Plan
• Frequently Asked Questions
• 2011 Wyoming Wolf Management Plan
• FWS Conditional Approval
• Public Comment Period Materials (Comment period open through January 13, 2012)
• Comments submitted and posted (regulations.gov; docket: FWS-R6-ES-2011-0039)
• Public Hearing Transcript
• Peer Review Report

August 3, 2011 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced that the Service has reached an agreement that if implemented would promote the management of a stable, sustainable population of wolves and pave the way for the Service to return wolf management to Wyoming.

• Press Release
• Questions and Answers

May 2011 - The Service published a direct final rule delisting wolves in Idaho, Montana and parts of Oregon, Washington and Utah. This final rule implements legislative language included in the Fiscal Year 2011 appropriations bill. The Service and the states will monitor wolf populations in the Northern Rocky Mountain DPS and gather population data for at least five years.

• Federal Register Notice
• Montana Court Decision

April 2009 -- Final Rule to Identify the Northern Rocky Mountain (NRM) Population of Gray Wolf as a Distinct Population Segment (DPS) and to Revise the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

• Federal Register Notice
• Wyoming Court Decision | Montana Court Decision | Federal Register Rule Implementing Court Rulings

February 2008 - Final Rule Establishing and Delisting the NRM Gray Wolf DPS

• Federal Register Notice (868 KB PDF)  
• Montana Court PI Order | Montana Court Order | Federal Register Rule Implementing Court Rulings

January 2008 - Final Rule for Revision of Special Regulation for the Central Idaho and Yellowstone Area Nonessential Experimental Populations of Gray Wolves

• Federal Register Notice   

February 2007 - Proposed rule Establishing and Delisting the NRM Gray Wolf DPS

• Federal Register Notice

August 1, 2006 - FWS Announces 12-Month Finding on a Petition to Establish and Delist the NRM Gray Wolf Population:

• Federal Register Notice

January 2005 - New Regulation (10(j) Special Rule) Allows Greater Management Flexibility of Gray Wolves for the States of Montana and Idaho:

• Federal Register Notice

2003 - Final Rule to Designate 3 District Population Segments and Change the ESA Status of the Gray Wolf throughout Most of the Lower 48 States:

• Federal Register Notice (670 KB PDF)
• Oregon District Court Decision | Vermont District Court Decision
  

1994 - Establishment of Nonessential Experimental Populations of Gray Wolves:

• Federal Register Notice (HTML)
• Federal Register Notice (6 MB PDF)

1978 - Reclassification of the Gray Wolf in the United States and Mexico, with Determination of Critical Habitat in Michigan and Minnesota:

• Federal Register Notice (1.1 MB PDF)

1974 - Gray Wolf Listed as Endangered in the Lower 48 States and Mexico:

• Federal Register Notice