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Idaho Wolves

  • Bootlicking and wiggling out of enforcement

    Ken Cole

    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…

  • Informative Document about Implications of Molloy's Decsion

    Ken Cole

    I just got back home from the Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner’s meeting in Idaho Falls. At the meeting an informative document “Gray Wolves in Idaho: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Answers to Idaho Department of Fish and Game Questions” was handed out. Check it out. USFWS q&a

  • Comment on Lolo 10(j) Wolf Reduction Proposal

    Ken Cole

    IDFG claims wolves are having “unacceptable impacts” in the Lolo Zone Now that the US Fish and Wildlife calls the shots again on wolves, the Idaho Fish and Game is proposing to kill all but 20-30 wolves in the Lolo Zone for a period of 5 years. Of course the current 10j rule was weakened…

  • Wildlife Services wants your comments.

    Ken Cole

    Wolf management plan examines killing of pups and sterilization of wolves. Wildlife Services has issued a draft Environmental Analysis which examines a myriad of ways to kill wolves. Comments on the plan are accepted until August 31, 2010. Idaho Wolf EA “Management strategies would be developed for individual situations by applying the WS Decision Model…

  • IDFG: Wolves not causing most elk losses

    Ken Cole

    Habitat and hunting play big role in declines I don’t think this is news to many people here but wolves haven’t had the effect many people claim and their role in the ecosystem is much more complex than many would like you to believe. The IDFG has issued a public report that explains that wolves…

  • IDFG adopts rules allowing trapping, snaring, baiting, and electronic calls for wolves and other predators

    Ken Cole

    Inexperienced trappers will likely trap pets and other non-target animals. Backlash will ensue I think people should be prepared for many non-target animals to be taken with snares and traps including pets. It takes years and years for government employees to learn how to properly trap and snare wolves without taking non-target species and there…

  • 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…

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