A Republican senator from Wyoming is hoping to make modifications to the Endangered Species Act that would prohibit litigation after a species was delisted for a five-year period while that population is monitored.
 
Sen. John Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, said states should have a chance to prove they can effectively manage a species once it has been determined by the federal government the population can come off the list.
 
Barrasso said the Endangered Species Act requires the interior secretary to monitor a species for at least five years after it is recovered and delisted.
 
“My legislation would delay the ability of a federal court to overturn a delisting rule during this five-year monitoring period. It does not eliminate anyone’s right to challenge a delisting rule in federal court,” he said.
 
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