![This Feb. 2021, file photo released by California Department of Fish and Wildlife, shows a gray wolf (OR-93), seen near Yosemite, Calif., shared by the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Biden administration said in a preliminary finding last September that protections for wolves may need to be restored. A final determination was due June 1. The Humane Society of the United States and Center for Biological Diversity on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, asked a federal judge in Montana to order officials to make a decision. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File)](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/08/09/AP22221647394633_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
This Feb. 2021, file photo released by California Department of Fish and Wildlife, shows a gray wolf (OR-93), seen near Yosemite, Calif., shared by the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Biden administration said in a preliminary finding last September that protections for wolves may need to be restored. A final determination was due June 1. The Humane Society of the United States and Center for Biological Diversity on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, asked a federal judge i…
August 9, 2022
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August 9, 2022 12:30 p.m.
US sued in bid to force decision on Rockies wolf protections
Republicans governors in Idaho and Montana last year signed laws that expanded when, where and how wolves can be killed