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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AW35 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Court-Ordered Reinstatement of Protections for the Northern Rocky Mountain Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf 
Abstract: The Federal District Court in Montana has reinstated the rules that were in effect prior to the effective date of a March 27, 2008, final rule delisting the gray wolf in the northern Rocky Mountains. The reinstated regulations provide that wolves in the northern half of Montana, northern panhandle of Idaho, eastern third of Washington and Oregon, and in north-central Utah are listed as endangered, and wolves in the remainder of Montana and Idaho and all of Wyoming are designated as a nonessential experimental population. 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 to 1544   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Judicial  Court-ordered Reinstatement of Prior Rule  07/18/2008 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Action  12/11/2008  73 FR 75356   
Final Action Effective  12/11/2008  73 FR 75356   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Related to 1018-AU53 
Agency Contact:
Michelle Morgan
Endangered Species, Branch of Recovery and Delisting
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Room 420, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone:703 358-2061
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: michelle_morgan@fws.gov