Yesterday’s Daily Caller posted a story about Sen. Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee.  Senator Baucus added a ‘rider’ to the recently passed spending bill.  The rider delists wolves from an endangered species list in some states.  The National Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to delist wolves in states where there numbers have recovered to robust populations.  Environmentalists immediately sued (and won) in federal court, blocking the plan.  Congress responsed by reinstating the plan of the National Fish and Wildlife Service and delisting the wolves.. 

Senator Baucus sent out an email stating the logical reasons for taking wolves off the endangered species list.  There is a tremendous amount of common sense involved in letting each state handle its wildlife according to the needs and situation in that state. 

It is interesting to note that the all of the riders curtailing new environmental regulations, the rider delisting wolves was the only one that made it into the final deal.

Delisting the wolves from the endangered species list is a move that makes sense for farmers, ranchers, and hunters who live in the states involved.