Executive Order 14425 (Sept. 4; 91 FR 57765) did not remove federal wolf protections. It gives Interior 90 days to decide whether gray and Mexican wolves meet ESA recovery criteria and, only after such a finding, begin delisting or downlisting. The eCFR, current as of Sept. 23, still lists covered lower-48 gray wolves as endangered or threatened and the Mexican wolf as endangered or experimental. H.R. 845 passed the House in 2025 but is not law. The order itself grants no authority to kill wolves.
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Did the September 4 order remove federal protections for gray wolves or Mexican wolves?
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On September 25, 2026 this review reopened the White House order, its Federal Register publication and API record; searched the Federal Register for "wolf" and "Canis lupus" documents since September 1 and August 1; pulled eCFR version histories and current text for 50 CFR 17.11 and 17.84; reopened the FWS gray-wolf and Mexican-wolf pages, the 2023 reinstatement rule, H.R. 845 text, GovInfo bill status, House Roll Call 360 and the NARA public-law list; and ran a GovInfo court search for wolf cases since September 1.
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Executive Order 14425, Supporting America's Ranchers (September 4, 2026; 91 FR 57765; FR Doc. 2026-18571), sec. 3; gray wolf (Canis lupus) lower-48 listings, Minnesota threatened population, Colorado experimental population and Northern Rocky Mountains delisted population; Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) endangered listing and Arizona-New Mexico experimental population; 50 CFR 17.11 and 17.84(k); FR Doc. 2023-24299 (88 FR 75506); H.R. 845, Pet and Livestock Protection Act (House Roll Call 360, 2025). Exclude red wolf, maned wolf and state-specific hunting seasons.
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International · Sep 25, 2026Conserving the Mexican Wolf: Mexican Wolf Recovery Effortsofficial recovery-program page · FWS Mexican wolf recovery effortsReopened September 25, 2026. Describes the U.S.-Mexico binational captive breeding program begun with wolves captured in Mexico and the Service's recovery planning. This cooperation does not change the U.S. ESA listing.
Tribal · Sep 23, 2026Special rules, vertebrates: Mexican wolf experimental populationcurrent experimental-population regulation · 50 CFR 17.84(k)eCFR text current as of September 23, 2026 (section last amended June 3, 2024). Provides roles for tribal agencies through Service-approved management plans and agreements and treats tribal trust land specifically for releases and prohibitions. Executive Order 14425 does not amend it.
Administrative · Sep 23, 2026Endangered and threatened wildlifecurrent codified regulation · 50 CFR 17.11(h)eCFR text current as of September 23, 2026 (section last amended August 20, 2026). Lists the gray wolf as endangered in the listed lower-48 states and portions of AZ, NM, OR, UT and WA, threatened in Minnesota, and experimental (XN) in Colorado; lists the Mexican wolf as endangered wherever found except the Arizona-New Mexico experimental (XN) population under 50 CFR 17.84(k).
Administrative · Sep 21, 2026Gray Wolf Recovery News and Updatescurrent species-status page · FWS Gray Wolf Recovery News and UpdatesPage dated updated September 21, 2026. States that following a February 10, 2022 court order, gray wolves in the contiguous 48 states and Mexico, except the Northern Rocky Mountain population, are ESA-protected: threatened in Minnesota and endangered elsewhere. It reports no Interior recovery determination.
Federal · Sep 18, 2026Public Laws: Numbers for the Current Session of Congressofficial public-law index · 119th Congress public laws listReopened September 25, 2026. Lists public laws through Public Law 119-111 (signed September 18, 2026) and does not list H.R. 845 as enacted.
Federal · Sep 10, 2026Executive Order 14425 of September 4, 2026, Supporting America's RanchersFederal Register publication · Executive Order 14425; 91 FR 57765; FR Doc. 2026-18571Publishes the order at 91 FR 57765-57767. Section 6 says it is implemented consistent with applicable law and creates no enforceable right. The Federal Register API record, reopened September 25, lists no correction.
State · Sep 4, 2026Supporting America's Ranchers, state engagementconditional state-engagement directive · Executive Order 14425, sec. 3(c)Only upon an Interior determination that recovery criteria are met, directs federal officials to encourage states to delist gray and Mexican wolves from state protected-species lists and revise state lethal-take standards. It does not amend any state list or state take rule.
Federal · Sep 4, 2026Supporting America's Rancherspresidential directive · Executive Order 14425, sec. 3Reopened September 25, 2026. Section 3(a) directs the Interior Secretary, within 90 days, to determine whether the gray wolf and Mexican wolf have met ESA recovery criteria and, only if he so determines, to begin delisting or downlisting. Section 3(b) asks for a legislative recommendation; 3(d) and 3(e) ask Interior and Agriculture to consider rule or guidance changes. The order does not itself change a listing or authorize take.
Federal · Dec 18, 2025H.R. 845, On PassageHouse passage vote · House Roll Call 360 (2025)Records House passage 211-204 on December 18, 2025. House passage is not Senate passage or enactment.
Federal · Dec 18, 2025Pet and Livestock Protection Act (Engrossed in House)engrossed House bill · H.R. 845 EHWould require Interior to reissue the November 3, 2020 gray-wolf delisting rule within 60 days of enactment and bar judicial review of that reissuance. It addresses the gray wolf only and is not law.
Federal · Dec 18, 2025H.R. 845, Pet and Livestock Protection Actofficial bill status record · BILLSTATUS-119hr845Record updated September 8, 2026. Latest action: December 18, 2025, received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. No Senate passage or enactment is recorded.
Administrative · Nov 3, 2023Reinstatement of Endangered Species Act Protections for the Gray Wolf in Compliance With Court Orderfinal rule · 88 FR 75506; FR Doc. 2023-24299Reinstates gray-wolf protections under the 2022 court vacatur, leaves the Northern Rocky Mountains population delisted, and states it has no effect on the separate endangered listing of the Mexican wolf.
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