Idaho Wolves
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The Senate Resources and Environment Committee will be holding a hearing today at 2:00 pm on H343 in room WW02 of the Capitol building. There will likely be crowd present so be there early if you want to testify. This bill, which is likely to pass and be signed by the Governor, demonstrates exactly why…
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It Passed 64-5 Sometimes you have to wonder……. It doesn’t seem like a good move by those who want wolves to be delisted to me. House presses on with wolf disaster declaration. Associated Press Update: According to sources in the legislature, I’m guessing that this will likely pass the Senate and be signed by the Governor.…
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Language of the “Wolf Disaster Declaration” published. Bill Status: H0343. It is not the same language as contained in the legislation we posted in February. It essentially provides for a disaster declaration if there are more than 100 wolves in Idaho. “[T]he legislature finds that public safety has been compromised, economic activity has been disrupted…
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Outrageous Reactionary Politics – Lies – Need To Be Confronted Head-On The outright absurdity of the extreme reactionism that continues to threaten wolves can often seem too outrageous to be real. We hope that it’s just some marginal voice and that maybe by ignoring it, it will go away. Wolf management in the Rockies is…
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The saga continues of the case against anti-wolf activist Tony Mayer, who is accused of poaching a huge elk- Judge doesn’t dismiss poaching charge. Trial rescheduled in felony case against anti-wolf activist. By Terry Smith. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer. The issue seems not to be whether he poached an elk, but whether it actually…
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Legislation rescinds the 2002 Wolf Management Plan and calls for $500 per head bounty on wolves. The draft bill appears to have been written by Runft & Steele Law Offices, PLLC in Boise, Idaho and was distributed to a group of politically connected people. The bill is radical and shows that anti-wolf forces will seek…
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From the USFWS Press Release 2/10/11: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s request to manage gray wolves in the Lolo Elk Management Zone in north central Idaho in response to impacts of wolf predation on elk. The Draft Environmental Analysis…
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It died of birthing problems Last week there was a big story about how wolves had killed a cow in the foothills above Eagle, Idaho, which most of you probably know is just west of Boise. Well, Carter Niemeyer, – the Montana western supervisor for Wildlife Services from 1975-1990 and the Wildlife Services Montana wolf…