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Trust the Science Act would force the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the 2020 final rule that delisted the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the federal Endangered and Threatened Wildlife list under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The bill requires the reissuance within 60 days of enactment and then bars any judicial review of that reissuance. In effect, the federal protection for gray wolves would be removed, transferring some management authority to states and shifting oversight away from federal protections.
Key Points
- 1The act is titled the “Trust the Science Act.”
- 2It directs the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rule that removed the gray wolf from the ESA list, specifically the 2020 rule published November 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 69778).
- 3The reissuance must occur no later than 60 days after the date of enactment.
- 4The reissuance shall not be subject to judicial review, meaning courts could not challenge the rule’s reissuance.
- 5The bill explicitly ties its action to the previous 2020 delisting rule, signaling a return to federal delisting rather than creating a new, updated standard.
Impact Areas
Primary group/area affected: Gray wolves in the United States, with the implication that federal protections under the ESA would be removed and wolf management would shift to state-level authorities and non-federal processes.Secondary group/area affected: Federal and state wildlife agencies, wildlife researchers, and conservation groups; tribes and local communities with wolf habitat or coexistence plans; ranchers and livestock owners affected by wolf predation management policies.Additional impacts: Potential ecological and economic consequences of delisting (e.g., changes in wolf hunting/trapping regulations, funding and oversight for monitoring populations, and possible shifts in habitat and prey dynamics). The removal of judicial review could limit recourse for groups opposing the delisting or its management implementations.
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