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  • Wolf hunt closes in another Idaho hunting zone

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf quota is met in the Palouse-Hells Canyon zone on the Idaho/Oregon border- The fourth Idaho wolf hunt zone has its quota of wolves killed. Eight zones are still open and four are now closed.  The quota for the newly closed zone was 5 wolves.  So far the reported kill overall is 129 131 wolves…

  • Facts revealed on the killing of the Basin Butte Pack

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Fish and Game lists the facts behind the kill order- There are a small number of livestock owners that run most of the cattle in the Stanley area, and not surprisingly it was because of losses of their cattle. All told, ten wolves were shot in the Basin Butte Pack over the course of…

  • Are there grizzly bears in Washington state?

    Ken Cole

    The efforts to re-introduce grizzlies to Washington and Idaho have been stalled for political reasons Joel Connelly talks about the rate of recovery efforts for grizzly bears in the country, and specifically the North Cascades and Bitteroot Mountains of Washington, Idaho and Montana. Are there grizzly bears in Washington state?. By Joel Connelly. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

  • Second brucellosis case found in Idaho cattle herd

    Ken Cole

    State Veterinarian quick to blame it on elk or bison Another cow, this time a 15 year-old, has tested positive for brucellosis in a herd that resided in eastern Idaho. This is the second from the same herd so Idaho retains its brucellosis-free status. The herd was assembled over the last two years and the…

  • Elk herd troubles Idaho neighborhood

    Ken Cole

    Feeding that started in the ’70’s now attracts more than just elk This is an interesting story about what feeding elk in the Elkhorn subdivision of the Wood River Valley has led to. Elk herd troubles Idaho neighborhood By Ariel Hansen – The Magic Valley Times-News

  • Government wolf updates

    Ken Cole

    Recently, there have been a few government wolf updates published. Wyoming Status Reports (which sometimes have information from states like Washington, Oregon, Utah and Colorado): 11/27/2009 11/13/2009 10/30/2009 Idaho, as has been the case since wolves were delisted in the first time in 2008, has provided little information other than numbers. Their reports don’t mention…

  • Shooting Wolves in a Barrel

    Ken Cole

    About the shooting of the Basin Butte Pack. Todd Grimm from Wildlife Services and Suzanne Stone from Defenders of Wildlife were interviewed for a segment on BSU Radio. “One of the main concerns we had is that a hunter may take a collared wolf from this pack. If that happened we would no longer be…

  • Report on Idf&G Commissioner's Coeur D'alene Meeting, Nov 2009

    Ralph Maughan

    “The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times” by Ken Fischman, Ph.D. Vice Chair & Spokesman Northern Idaho Wolf Alliance “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” (first sentence in Charles Dickens’ novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.”) It was the “best of times” because NIWA and other wolf advocates…

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