Idaho Wolves

  • Wolf Recovery Coordinator Recalls the Call of the Wild

    Brian Ertz

    Roy Heberger, former coordinator of the wolf recovery program in Idaho, writes of his experiences with wolf recovery while with the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Wolf Recovery Coordinator Recalls the Call of the Wild – Roy Heberger – WWPblog Before my retirement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in July 2000, I directed…

  • First wolf killed in SE Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    While the headline is not accurate, it is gratifying to see a wolf in Franklin Basin- A sheepherder killed a wolf in the Bear River Range, east of Franklin, Idaho. This is right on the Idaho/Utah border and is certainly good news for wolves traveling south. I have had reports of wolves in the Franklin…

  • N. Idaho outfitter reports 4 wolves killed

    Ken Cole

    The outfitter shot at 4 wolves but only recovered 2 of them. Were the other 2 killed or just wounded? The IDFG specially sanctioned wolf hunt for outfitters in the Lolo Zone has resulted in the death of 2 wolves and possible wounding of 2 others. Two of the wolves were not recovered. I guess…

  • Idaho Fish and Game/Wildlife Services targets wolf and her 7 pups 8 months after last depredation.

    Ken Cole

    Blue Bunch Pack near McCall and New Meadows hasn’t killed livestock since October and all other members have been killed It has been nearly 8 months since any member of southwest Idaho’s Blue Bunch Pack killed any livestock yet, on March, 16, members of the Blue Bunch Pack were killed by Wildlife Services under an…

  • Eagle wolf poacher loses cash and hunting rights

    Ken Cole

    $1000 fine and loss of hunting privileges for one year Randy Strickland shot the wolf pup from a road near Tyndall Meadows last fall before the season had opened there.  There were many witnesses who reported him. Eagle wolf poacher loses cash and hunting rights. Idaho Statesman

  • Hunt for wolves in Boise Foothills suspended

    Ken Cole

    Hunt for wolves in Boise Foothills suspended. Idaho Statesman

  • Idaho April Wolf Report released

    Ken Cole

    IDFG/Wildlife Services’ war on wolves has begun. 42 wolves killed for 23 depredations. The monthly update from IDFG, which contains little useful or timely information, has been released for the month of April. It appears from the numbers that Wildlife Services has been given the permission to conduct extensive revenge killings on behalf of livestock…

  • Wildlife Service aims to kill two wolves in the Boise Foothills

    Ralph Maughan

    Shooting wolves in prime recreation country near Boise, ID- Although wolves have inhabited the the foothills and mountains north of Boise for a decade now, this is the first time they are known to have killed livestock (8 lambs, 3 ewes). The two wolves are not part of a pack. Hopefully Wildlife Services is taking…

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