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…
Notes on his speech- I guess by now Beers needs no introduction, but the themes he expresses show the anti-wolf folks are really just part of tea party eruption with their efforts to nullify the laws of the United States. He would make the Southern Confederates of Civil War days proud, IMO. The notes below…
They’re all bad for Idaho wolves Yesterday Orrin Hatch, Max Baucus, and Jon Tester introduced bills into the Senate, and Denny Rehberg introduced two bills into the House. All of them would delist wolves but there are three approaches taken. S.249 and HR 509 would delist all wolves nationwide and prevent them from ever receiving…
Denny Rehberg (R-MT) has introduced the first wolf bill of the new congress into the House of Representatives which would hand over management authority of wolves to the states of Montana and Idaho. Here is the bill Update 1/27/11: Apparently there are two bills. The second one would remove all protections from wolves nationwide. Here…
Drops gassing of pups in their dens and sterilization but continues heavy handed killing of wolves. Public Comments accepted until January 3, 2011 In anticipation of Monday’s federal court hearing of a case brought by Western Watersheds Project, Wildlife Services has revised its Idaho Wolf Environmental Assessment. While the new EA drops gassing of wolf…
It shows that Otter never intended to follow IDFG’s management plan. Otter once again shows us that the state never intended to manage wolves with an eye toward science. He always intended to manage for the minimum number identified in the legislative plan and that the IDFG plan was meaningless just as we have always…
Could be introduced and voted on tonight Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Recovery and Sustainability Act of 2010 Title: To remove the Northern Rocky Mountain distinct population segment of the gray wolf from the list of threatened species or the list of endangered species published under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other…
The New York Times Weighs in on the wolf issue. The New York Times doesn’t like the proposed legislation which would remove protections from wolves either. Either [bill] would set a terrible precedent, opening the door for special-interest groups to push other inconvenient species off the list. The bills would undercut one of the primary…
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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