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The bill returns wolf-management authority to Oregon and Washington and eases restrictions for landowners, trading stronger federal protections and broader public review for greater state control and regulatory flexibility.
State governments in Oregon and Washington regain primary authority to manage gray wolf populations formerly covered by the federal Endangered Species Act, allowing state-driven hunting, control, and conservation decisions.
Landowners and ranchers in Oregon and Washington face fewer federal restrictions when managing wolves on private and state lands, reducing regulatory constraints on livestock protection and property use.
Gray wolves in Oregon and Washington could lose federal ESA protections and therefore face increased risk of population declines or local extirpation under more permissive state-level management.
Tribal communities with treaty rights and cultural ties in Oregon and Washington may see reduced federal safeguards for wolves that are important to subsistence, treaty obligations, and cultural practices.
A requirement to reissue the delisting rule within 60 days could curtail public review and stakeholder engagement, reducing transparency and limiting opportunities for local input, challenge, or scientific review.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs the Interior Secretary to reissue the 2020 federal rule removing gray wolves from the ESA list, limited to wolves in Oregon and Washington, within 60 days.
Introduced September 8, 2025 by Cliff Bentz · Last progress September 8, 2025
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the November 3, 2020 final rule that removed the gray wolf from the federal endangered and threatened species list, but limits that reissued rule so it applies only to gray wolf populations in Oregon and Washington and requires reissuance within 60 days of enactment. It also establishes a short title for the law. The measure does not appropriate funds or create new federal programs.