Archive of Previous Federal Actions Affecting Gray Wolf ESA Status
April 1, 2003 Final Rule to Reclassify/Delist the Gray Wolf
This "Final Rule " is not in effect
On January 31, 2005, a U.S. District Court in
Portland, Oregon vacated and enjoined the Final Rule and the Department
of Justice declined to appeal the decision. The Vermont
District Court ruled similarly. Therefore, the Service considered that
the gray wolf reverted back to the ESA status that existed prior to the 2003 reclassification (i.e., Threatened in Minnesota and Endangered in remainder of conterminous U.S.).
Below are documents that were prepared for the April 1, 2003 Gray Wolf Final Reclassification and Delisting Rule
Federal Register Notice (April 1, 2003): Final Rule To Reclassify and
Remove the Gray Wolf From the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in
Portions of the Conterminous United
States; Establishment of Two Special
Regulations for Threatened Gray Wolves;
Final and Proposed Rules (PDF)
Final
Rule Summary html; pdf
Final Rule Corrections pdf
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Removing the Western Distinct Population Segment of Gray Wolf from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife pdf
Final
Rule: Questions and Answers html; pdf
Reference
List for Gray Wolf Reclassification/Delisting Final Rule pdf
Gray
Wolf Eastern Distinct Population Segment (html; pdf) fact
sheet about what the Eastern DPS designation means
Questions
and Answers About the Gray Wolf Western Distinct Population Segment
4(d) Rule pdf
What
is the Difference Between Endangered and Threatened? html; pdf
Special
Regulations for Taking Gray Wolves
Minnesota
4(d) Rule pdf
4(d)
Rule for Midwestern Wolves (except Minnesota) pdf
Summary
of the Federal Regulations for Gray Wolves in the Eastern DPS html; pdf
Western
Distinct Population Segment 4(d) Rule pdf
Summary
of Western Gray Wolf DPS 4(d) Rule pdf
Yellowstone
and Central Idaho Non-essential Experimental Population Areas pdf
Mexican
Wolf Non-essential Experimental Population Area pdf
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