Lummis, Colleagues Vote to Overturn Northern Long-Eared Bat’s ESA Listing

U.S. Senator and Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) voted Thursday in support of Senator Markwayne Mullin’s (R-OK) Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the northern long-eared bat’s listing as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  The classification would place an undue burden on Wyoming landowners, businesses and infrastructure projects without clear scientific evidence of the benefit to the northern long-eared bat.  

Senator Lummis said there’s no evidence listing the northern long-eared bat would do anything to actually help the species, however, it would definitely cost hard working people in Wyoming a lot of time and money. She added that wildlife can be responsibly managed without killing jobs and destroying the economy.  In Wyoming, the northern long-eared bat is known or believed to be native to Campbell, Crook, Niobrara, Sheridan and Weston counties. The CRA passed by a vote of 51 to 49.