Interior Department Officials Commit to Aggressively Pursuing a Solution with Wyoming on Wolves

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) announced that Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official Daniel Ashe will soon travel to Wyoming.  The Interior Department leaders will meet with Governor Matt Mead and other Wyoming officials within the next thirty days regarding ongoing wolf delisting negotiations.

“Earlier this afternoon, I spoke to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar about the status of the Department of the Interior’s negotiations with the state of Wyoming regarding wolves.  Secretary Salazar committed to me today that he and Mr. Ashe would travel to Wyoming in the next thirty days to aggressively pursue a solution on this important issue.  I appreciate the Secretary’s commitment to resolving this issue quickly.

“With this commitment, I have decided to lift my hold on Mr. Ashe’s nomination as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.”

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