The Wildlife News

August 2010

  • Bootlicking and wiggling out of enforcement

    Ken Cole

    I attended the IDFG Commissioner’s “special meeting” on Monday in Idaho Falls where the commissioners discussed how to proceed now that wolves are again protected by the Endangered Species Act. After the Commission decided to adopt new rules on placement of traps, which requires trappers to keep traps at least 5 feet away from the…

  • Soda Butte Grizzly Attack Report

    Brian Ertz

    Here is the Soda Butte Grizzly Attack Report Summary: In the early morning hours of 28 July 2010, an adult female grizzly bear accompanied by 3 yearlings attacked 3 separate people in 3 different tents in the Soda Butte Campground.  The initial attack was inflicted on Mr. Ronald Singer at approximately 0200 hours, who was…

  • New Mexico ranchers' use of technology to track wolves debated

    Ken Cole

    Only 39 Mexican wolves remain in the wild after several poaching incidents. Conservation groups are asking the USFWS to retrieve telemetry equipment from ranchers and change the frequencies of the radio collars on the wolves so that people with receivers cannot find wolves and kill them. They argue, correctly in my estimation, that the radio…

  • Informative Document about Implications of Molloy's Decsion

    Ken Cole

    I just got back home from the Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner’s meeting in Idaho Falls. At the meeting an informative document “Gray Wolves in Idaho: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Answers to Idaho Department of Fish and Game Questions” was handed out. Check it out. USFWS q&a

  • Comment on Lolo 10(j) Wolf Reduction Proposal

    Ken Cole

    IDFG claims wolves are having “unacceptable impacts” in the Lolo Zone Now that the US Fish and Wildlife calls the shots again on wolves, the Idaho Fish and Game is proposing to kill all but 20-30 wolves in the Lolo Zone for a period of 5 years. Of course the current 10j rule was weakened…

  • Have you come across some interesting Wildlife News? Aug. 5, 2010

    Ralph Maughan

    This replaces the 13th edition. That edition has now gone down into the depths of the archives- – – – – – So are people getting tired of this format? Does something new need to be done? Any comments on this  will be welcome. Webmaster

  • Obama, like Bush, seems to be stifling salmon science

    Ken Cole

    Manipulation of science remains the same or worse. In the first year and a half of the Obama Administration nothing has really changed with regard to environmental policy across several agencies. In fact, I think it has gotten worse for two reasons. One, things haven’t changed, and two, people just want to believe that Obama…

  • State wildlife officials had no idea what a hunt would mean for then delisted wolves

    Brian Ertz

    A couple of years ago, Steve Nadeau answered a question I had about the impact that a public hunt would have to wolf populations.  At that time, as the state was posturing for “competent manager” status, Nadeau spent much effort trying to reassure advocates that state managers had a good idea what effect a hunt…

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