Bill Text: OR HB3561 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to wolves.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3561 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3561-Introduced.html


     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 2172

                         House Bill 3561

Sponsored by Representative G SMITH; Representatives BENTZ,
  ESQUIVEL, GARRARD, HUFFMAN, JENSON, JOHNSON, KRIEGER,
  SCHAUFLER, WHISNANT, Senators BOQUIST, FERRIOLI, GEORGE, GIROD,
  KRUSE, NELSON, TELFER, THOMSEN, WHITSETT (at the request of
  Oregon Cattlemen's Association)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to update Oregon
Wolf Conservation and Management Plan to establish population
objective of four breeding pairs of gray wolves for state.
  Specifies that when population objective is met, commission may
not list gray wolf as threatened species or endangered species.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to wolves.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall
update the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan to
establish a population objective of four breeding pairs of gray
wolves for this state. The commission may not list the gray wolf
as a threatened species or an endangered species pursuant to ORS
496.172 as long as the statewide population of gray wolves
consists of at least four breeding pairs of gray wolves. + }
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