From the New York Times -- this is appalling. Only science should direct decisions about the Endangered Species Act:
Congress, in a First, Removes an Animal From the Endangered Species List
Congress for the first time is directly intervening in the Endangered Species List and removing an animal from it, establishing a precedent for political influence over the list that has outraged environmental groups.
A rider to the Congressional budget measure agreed to last weekend dictates that wolves in Montana and Idaho be taken off the endangered species list and managed instead by state wildlife agencies, which is in direct opposition to a federal judge’s recent decision forbidding the Interior Department to take such an action.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/us/politics/13wolves.html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/us/politics/13wolves.html?scp=2&sq=wolf&st=cse
