Oregon 29th District State Senator Bill Hansell is expressing cautious optimism that a bill that would uphold the removal of the gray wolf from the state’s endangered species list will pass.  A House bill authored by District 58 Representative Greg Barretto passed through committee this week, and Hansell says a nearly identical Senate bill he wrote as a backup will get a committee hearing.  Passage of one of the bills would ratify the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission’s decision to remove the gray wolf from the list.  Some conservation groups have sued the state over that decision.