"Did you know in Wyoming, with a recovery goal of 100 wolves, we have over 350 Canadian gray wolves in Wyoming?"
"But when we are talking about the numbers under the Endangered Species Act, we are concerned about the number of live animals, right?"
"My legislation, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act, H.R. 1245, would remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife..."
"We ought to build on that."
"Managing Wyoming's grizzly population is more effective to do at a local level, as is all species management."
"No one was surprised when grizzly bear conflicts thereafter increased, with dramatic and devastating impacts on our ranching communities in Wyoming and Montana shortly thereafter."
"Delisting grizzlies would return management to the states--a concept supported in writing by the Governors of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho."
"And that is why today we are asking for additional management tools for both me and that sow grizzly bear, so we don't have to raise our babies together."
"I have never seen a recovery plan that does not include some kind of a backstop that would protect a recovered species."
"So, those are the kinds of things that are in place with these recovery plans to ensure that the numbers don't go below what is required."
"This bill will act as a legislative backstop to prevent going through this unnecessary litigation again."