Conservationists signal intent to sue over decision not to restore wolves’ federal protections

Less than a week after the federal government announced it would not add Northern Rockies gray wolves back onto the list of endangered species, more than a dozen conservation groups on Wednesday forecasted their intention to sue over the decision. Conservation groups argue that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the federal agency charged with oversight of species protected under the Endangered Species Act, used flawed population estimates and overestimated the population’s genetic diversity in its finding that wolves are not at risk of extinction. They also argue that the federal gove