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  • 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…

  • 3 wolf packs in SW Montana to be eliminated

    Ken Cole

    Big Hole Valley will be empty of wolves after control actions finish. The rancher who closed his land to public hunting will get his way once all of the wolves in the Big hole Valley are killed. 3 wolf packs in SW Montana to be eliminated. By Nick Gevock, Montana Standard

  • The Problem with Wildlife Services

    Ken Cole

    The leaders in the war on wolves When was the last time you heard about Wildlife Services talking about non-lethal methods of preventing livestock losses to wolves? The only place in Idaho that this is practiced is with the sheep passing through the Wood River Valley each year and by Lava Lake Land and Livestock…

  • More livestock subsidies by the Federal Government

    Ken Cole

    5-year “demonstration project” to compensate ranchers and fund proactive, non-lethal activities. The USFWS has announced how it will disperse $1 million annually to the states with wolves for 5 years. This funding was approved in the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 which created several wilderness areas such as the Owyhee Wilderness in southern…

  • As feared, the Montana wolf damage mitigation board is just a rancher slush fund

    Ralph Maughan

    Defenders’ handover to Montana fails to initiate a single proactive project in its first year- When the wolf was delisted, Defenders of  Wildlife stopped paying compensation for the loss of livestock to wolves in Montana. However, Defenders gave the state $100,000 to get the “Montana Livestock Loss Reduction and Mitigation Board” started. It was to…

  • Montana Allows Unfettered Killing of Wolves by Wildlife Services

    Ken Cole

    “Wildlife Services agents no longer need FWP authorization to kill wolves at or near confirmed livestock depredation sites.” This is about the worst scenario for wolves of Montana that could be concocted by the state, especially while the decision to delist them is being considered in the courts. This nudges wolves even closer to a…

  • F&G to get tough on wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    This story is one outcome of the leaked Feb. 10 memo- There was no indication Idaho Fish and Game was ever going to release their memo to the media, but thanks to JeffE, who sent it to me, it has moved out into the public beyond this forum. Story in today’s Times-News. F&G to get tough…

  • PBS program on wolves, bears, bison and the ESA

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a good national television treatment of the issue- Salle put this link on the “have run across any good stories” page, but it should be a full post. Hunting Wolves, Saving Wolves. PBS Salle. I know you tried to call me about this, but I was out in the hills most of the…

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