U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy

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A federal judge has reluctantly ruled to uphold a congressional budget provision that removed federal protections for the Northern Rockies gray wolf outside of Wyoming. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy says that binding precedent by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals requires him to rule against a constitutional challenge of the rider passed by Congress earlier this year.

Wildlife advocates went to federal court Tuesday to challenge a move by Congress that stripped endangered species status from more than 1,300 gray wolves across five states in the Northern Rockies.

If  U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy supports a proposed settlement between wolf advocates and the federal government, public wolf hunting, in Montana, could become a reality. Judge Molloy heard  one of  2 kinds of hunts on Today . He's also considering an older case that considers how federal and state authorities could kill wolves, while they're still protected under the endangered species act.

A settlement agreement reached a week ago with 10 conservation groups and the Department of Interior is now facing scrutiny by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy. The settlement would return management of the predators to Idaho and Montana while retaining full endangered species protection in Washington, Oregon, Wyoming and Utah.