Supes may proclaim local emergency due to wolves’ public safety threat, ask Trump to delist the apex predator

With Lassen County District 4 Supervisor Aaron Albaugh leading the charge, the Lassen County Board of Supervisors may take a strong stand against the gray wolves it says pose a public safety threat at its Tuesday, May 13 meeting.

Albaugh had two items placed on the agenda — the emergency proclamation and a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List. The supes letter to the president notes that he garnered more than 76 percent of the vote in the 2024 election.

The board meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 13 at the Board Chambers, 707 Nevada St.

The meeting begins with closed session at 9 a.m. The closed session items include a conference with legal counsel regarding significant exposure to litigation (two cases); a conference with legal counsel regarding existing litigation (one case) and two liability claims.

The public portion of the meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. Items on the agenda include public comment; the Information/Consent Calendar (a personnel report, minutes from the April 22 supervisors’ meeting, approval of a grazing lease for Susanville Ranch Park and miscellaneous correspondence items); department reports (approval of a Wildfire Prevention Grant; approval of a five-year $194,320 contract with Gravity IGM Technology Crop to create reports for the Auditor/Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector; state of emergency gray wolves, letter to President Donald Trump seeking the delisting of the gray wolf as an endangered species, a changed in position allocation for the Grants and Loans Department, award a contract for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning project at the Lassen County Adult Detention Facility, and award a bid for the Standish-Buntingville Road rehab project).

The board’s next meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 20.