119-hres642

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 642 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 642

Expressing support for continued Federal commitment to repopulation and 
 recovery efforts for the red wolf in North Carolina and across the 
 country.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 8, 2025

 Mrs. Foushee (for herself and Mr. Murphy) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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 RESOLUTION

Expressing support for continued Federal commitment to repopulation and 
 recovery efforts for the red wolf in North Carolina and across the 
 country.

Whereas red wolves are classified as an endangered species and the most 
 endangered canis on the planet;
Whereas red wolves are unique to North America and are apex predators, making 
 them vital regulators of their ecosystems;
Whereas red wolves used to roam throughout the eastern seaboard from New York to 
 Florida and as far west as Texas;
Whereas, in 1967, the red wolf was listed as ``threatened with extinction'' 
 under Federal statute (Public Law 89-669; 80 Stat. 926), recovery 
 efforts began soon after, and the Red Wolf Recovery Program, established 
 in 1973, led to the first-ever reintroduction of a carnivorous species 
 declared extinct in the wild in 1987;
Whereas the United States Fish and Wildlife Service sponsors the Red Wolf 
 Recovery Program, the sole Federal effort dedicated to restoring the 
 wild population of red wolves;
Whereas there are now 270 captive red wolves across the country thanks to the 
 dedication and work at dozens of zoological parks and repopulation 
 programs;
Whereas eastern North Carolina is currently home to the only wild population of 
 red wolves in the world, with an estimated 15 residing in the Albemarle-
 Pamlico Peninsula;
Whereas recovery efforts would be impossible without the tireless work of 
 biologists, zoologists, volunteers and others working in the field and 
 at repopulation programs;
Whereas, as part of these recovery efforts, bipartisan action from current and 
 recent presidential administrations have led to approvals of various 
 programs, including wildlife corridors, to protect species such as the 
 red wolf;
Whereas wildlife corridors are components of the landscape that are managed to 
 create or improve ecological connectivity for one or more species and 
 allow movement between areas of their habitat, thereby lowering the 
 effects of habitat fragmentation and population management;
Whereas wildlife corridors will be placed along Route 64 in the Alligator River 
 National Wildlife Refuge to protect red wolves across eastern North 
 Carolina along roads that run through the heart of the recovery region; 
 and
Whereas these wildlife corridors are an investment into the safety of motorists 
 in the area while also creating safe passage for wildlife through 
 underpasses in the refuge: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
continued support for red wolf repopulation and recovery efforts, with 
combined partnership between Federal, State, local, educational, and 
nonprofit institutions across the country, is needed.
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