Tester, Baucus call for wolf management meeting

Tester, Baucus call for wolf management meeting

Tim Leeds — [email protected]

Montana's U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are asking the Department of the Interior to call the players in three states to the table to discuss how to manage gray wolf populations.

Tester and Baucus said Thursday that they sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar asking him to convene discussions in Montana to talk about how this state, Idaho and Wyoming can best manage wolves following a court ruling that relisted the wolf as an endangered species in Montana and Idaho.

"In the pursuit...