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 and Wyoming from the endangered and threatened list within a year.</div>  <div class=ap-story-p>&nbsp;</div>  <div class=ap-story-p>The proposal would make state and tribal governments responsible for keeping their numbers at healthy levels.</div>  <div class=ap-story-p>© 2007 The Associated Press. </div></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- /Story: 2040962: ID Tribe Wolves idol- --><p>&#32;

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