Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2015”.
Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2015
A BILL
To prohibit treatment of gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan as endangered species, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definitions
Sec. 3 Prohibition on treatment of wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan under the Endangered Species Act of 1973
Any wolf in Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Michigan shall not be treated under any status of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), including as an endangered species, a threatened species, an essential experimental population, or a nonessential experimental population.
Sec. 4 State management authority
State management authority— Each State shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the management of wolves within the borders of that State.
Protection by States— Nothing in this Act shall preclude any State from providing protections to wolves equivalent to those protections provided by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Reimbursement by States— Nothing in this Act shall preclude any State from reimbursing the owner of livestock for any loss of livestock that results from depredation by wolves, or that derives from wolves, that were introduced into the wild.