Idaho Wolves
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The 2006 Memorandum of Agreement has EXPIRED. The State of Idaho and Wildlife Services have been operating outside of the law since relisting has occurred. It appears that the State of Idaho has no management authority over wolves now that they have been re-listed under the ESA. This is evidenced by the Memorandum of Agreement…
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Trouble is, there’s no disaster of any kind- Idaho County declares disaster over wolves. By Jessie Bonner and John Miller. Associated Press Writers This backcountry county wants the governor to declare a disaster, but they seem to have no information about anything terrible going on. Seems to me like a gross misuse of the process…
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Idaho Fish and Game will give their viewpoint on wolves. I understand they said they didn’t want any people with other views on the program. You can phone questions at 1-800-973-9800 (during the show). http://idahoptv.org/dialogue/diaShowPage.cfm?KeyNo=1264&versionID=216327
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Not so quick on handing over wolf management to Feds It seems that Butch has changed his mind or, rather, his staff has changed it for him. In a quick turnaround Otter’s staff says he wasn’t drawing a line in the sand. He was just frustrated. I can’t imagine the phone calls his office received…
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Will Otter’s tantrum backfire? If there is a faster way of getting the State of Idaho out of wolf management I can’t think of one. It appears likely that Idaho will no longer have management authority over wolves beginning October 7 if all goes well. I can’t think of a worse way to regain management…
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Though Wyoming caused relisting of the wolf twice, they have no plans to change- The article interestingly enough says that Idaho’s Butch Otter and and Montana’s Brian Schweitzer haven’t bothered to ask Wyoming’s retiring Governor Freudenthal whether Wyoming intends to reconsider.” I’m not sure what to make of that. Wyoming not apologetic for thwarting wolf…
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Wolf management plan examines killing of pups and sterilization of wolves. The Wildlife Services issued an Environmental Assessment at the beginning of August. Today is the last day to comment on the EA which calls for killing pups which have been orphaned by their control actions, sterilization of wolves, and increased killing of wolves in…
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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…