Petition to List Atlantic Sturgeon as Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act

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NRDC’s petition to list the Atlantic sturgeon as an endangered species throughout all or a significant portion of its range pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act ("ESA").

• wil_09101401b.pdf

Petition to List the Insular Population of Hawaiian False Killer Whales as Endangered Under the ESA

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NRDC petitions the Secretary of Commerce through the National Marine Fisheries Service to add the Hawaiian false killer whale population to the endangered species list. The Hawaiian false killer whale population is a small and ecologically unique population of 120 animals that has suffered a significant decline over the last 25 years.

• wil_09092901b.pdf

Order Granting Preliminary Injunction to Restore Wolf Protections

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This opinion, issued by Federal District Judge Donald Molloy on Friday, July 18, 2008, orders the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore federal Endangered Species Act protections to the Northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolves pending the resolution of a lawsuit, brought by NRDC and our allies, challenging the Bush Administration's decision to strip the region's wolves of their federal protection.

• wil_08071801a.pdf

Petition to File a Gray Wolf Recovery Plan

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NRDC and Defenders of Wildlife filed this February 2008 petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a recovery plan for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act.

• wil_08022001a.pdf

Department of Interior Letter to Wyoming Fish and Game – January 2004

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This letter was sent to the State of Wyoming noting that significant concerns over the state’s wolf management plan could affect the effort to remove wolves from the Endangered Species List and that the Wyoming wolves could not be separated from the larger Northern Rockies population that also includes animals in Idaho and Montana.

• wil_04011301a.pdf