Oregon 29th District State Senator Bill Hansell says bipartisan support got a bill to uphold last year’s Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission decision to remove the gray wolf from the state’s endangered species list through both chambers of the Legislature, and he’s hopeful Governor Kate Brown will sign it. The Governor’s office has been neutral on the subject, but Hansell noted it was involved by offering advice during the initial writing of the bill to avoid creating an automatic veto. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission delisted the species in November as part of its wolf management plan, and environmentalists sued, seeking to challenge the scientific merits of the decision. But by upholding the delisting decision in state law, the judicial review sought in the lawsuit would likely be rendered moot.