BILLINGS, Mont. — Environmentalists said Tuesday they intend to sue the Obama administration to force it to restore gray wolves across the Lower 48 states.
The Center for Biological Diversity said in a notice to the Interior Department that it will sue the agency in 60 days unless the government crafts a plan to return wolves to their historical range.
Biologists for the Arizona- based group argue there is enough wild habitat to support thousands of wolves in New England and New York, the southern Rocky Mountains, parts of Colorado and the Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington.
On Tuesday, Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, tried to force a Senate vote on a bill to strip wolves nationwide of federal protections. It failed in the face of Democratic objections.
