The leadership transition comes as federal officials continue reviewing the state’s wolf restoration efforts after the U.S. “I think it’s important to have that impartial voice as scaffolding underpinning the wolf program.” On the federal level, livestock organizations are also renewing efforts to shift wolf management back to the states. Cattle producers and rural communities across the country are urging Congress to return gray wolf management to the states.” “The science has been clear across both Democrat and Republican administrations: the gray wolf has recovered.