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AZ SCM1009

CM

Status

Passed

4/27/2017

Primary Sponsor

Gail Griffin

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • Urges the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act.

  • States that wolves are not an endangered species and that state and local governments should manage wolf populations without federal restrictions.

  • Notes that the 1982 Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan originally aimed to establish a viable population of at least 100 Mexican wolves in the wild, with a minimum of 97 wolves documented in Arizona and New Mexico as of December 31, 2015.

  • Argues that wolf introduction has caused significant adverse impacts on private landowners, resource users, and hunting and recreational activities vital to local and regional economies.

  • Directs the Arizona Secretary of State to transmit the memorial to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, the President of the United States, and all Arizona Members of Congress.

Legislative Description

Urging delisting of gray wolf

Memorials

Last Action

Transmitted to Secretary of State

4/27/2017

Full Bill Text

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