Peer Review Plan for the Proposed Delisting of Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

The purpose of this peer review is to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) ensure that we have used the best scientific and commercial information available when we make our final decision as to the current status of the gray wolf. Thus, we are looking for independent scientific perspectives on the comprehensiveness and logic of the following documents, as well as how well the technical conclusions are supported by the data and analyses

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We provide national leadership in the recovery and conservation of our nation's imperiled plant and animal species, working with experts in the scientific community to identify species on the verge of extinction and to build the road to recovery to bring them back. We work with a range of public...
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The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
Species
A gray wolf lays in the the snow-covered grass

ESA status: endangered (February 2022) except Northern Rocky Mtn of ID, MT, WY; eastern 1/3 of OR, WA; north-central UT; threatened (Dec 2014) in MN. 

The gray wolf, being a keystone predator, is an integral component of the...

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Endangered and/or Threatened species