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…
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…
Cumulative impacts of many factors cited A new report by the Us Fish and Wildlife Service assesses the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program and the news isn’t good. Cumulatively there are many risks for the population. Among them are poaching, too many controls related to depredation, small litter sizes and low pup survival possibly related to…
Montana could double or triple wolf quota. Please attend- Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks will be holding them. The meetings will be held at the following locations on June 2 from 7-9 p.m.: * Billings—FWP Headquarters; 2300 Lake Elmo Dr. * Bozeman—Holiday Inn; 5 E. Baxter Lane * Glasgow—Valley County Court House; 501 Court Square…
First Decline Since Reintroduction In Testimony to the Senate Resource and Environment Committee on January 18th Jim Unsworth, Deputy Director of the Idaho Fish and Game, said that the Idaho wolf population is about 800 animals which is down from last year’s estimate of 846. This would be the first decline seen in the wolf…
Killing wolves will build public support says Swedish environmental protection agency- Sweden allows first wolf hunt in 45 years. Times of the Internet – – – – – Peter Kiermeir called this hunt to our attention. He wrote: “More or less unnoticed by the rest of the world another controversial wolf hunt is planned for…
Poaching was on the Rocky Mountain Front west of Choteau- Wardens seek poacher who killed moose on Front. Great Falls Tribune.
Columbia Falls man cited for poaching two wolves- Although it is wolf hunting season in Montana, one NW Montanan couldn’t wait. He shot two wolves along Whale Creek Road in the North Fork Flathead drainage on Oct. 9. He plead guilty and paid a large fine for a wolf violation, a $1,135 fine. A third…
Ken Cole is a 5th generation Idahoan, an avid fly fisherman, wildlife enthusiast, and photographer. He is the interim Idaho Director for Western Watersheds Project.
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