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  • Idaho again wants to land choppers in wilderness

    Ken Cole

    Landing helicopters in wilderness violates the Wilderness Act This article contains more information about something I posted a while back. I don’t think the rational behind this plan is to kill wolves inside the wilderness but rather to document the minimum number of 150 wolves the state thinks is required so that they can kill…

  • Idaho man illegally shot at wolf pack from the sky

    Ken Cole

    Idaho Department of Game declines to prosecute. Aerial gunning of wolves by private individuals is strictly forbidden under the Airborne Hunting Act of 1956. Even though states are allowed to issue permits to individuals to shoot coyotes and foxes from aircraft there are no permits which allow the shooting of wolves. In Idaho, the Idaho…

  • Beginning today all of Idaho is open to wolf hunting

    Ralph Maughan

    So far 15 have been killed- Here is the story with a local angle from the Idaho Mountain Express. By Jon Duval. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer. With colder weather and more elk hunts open too, the pace of the wolf hunt will probably pick up.

  • 12 – 15,000 birds dead of botulism near Pocatello, ID

    Ralph Maughan

    Botulism outbreak at American Falls Reservoir is slowing down after a massive kill- Die-offs due to botulism are often the result of standing, shallow, deoxygenated water on top of what are usually mud flats in late season. This is the indirect effect of the wet year in SE Idaho. Less water was needed from the…

  • Six poachers in Idaho sentenced

    Ralph Maughan

    24 misdemeanor counts put one Blackfoot, ID man in jail; others fined- The men “involved in hunting in closed areas, transferring tags, purchasing resident licenses while residing outside of Idaho, hunting without the proper tag, killing elk in excess of the bag limits, and hunting with the use of motorized vehicles.” Idaho Fish and Game…

  • Want more elk? Then take back the public grass that cattle eat

    Ralph Maughan

    Elk numbers depend not just on birth minus mortality, but on square miles of area where they can find something to eat- There are many places in the West where elk could live and thrive if they had something to eat, but they don’t. Livestock is the reason. Aside from those areas of continuous forest…

  • Rare sockeye salmon get boost at Redfish Lake, Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    450 sockeye salmon into the lake near Stanley, Idaho- Rare salmon get boost at Redfish. Sockeye released into lake after second summer of high returns. By Jon Duval. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer. “no one has seen a sight like this since 1956. . .” I wish I could have been there. Wonderful! I hope…

  • Eagle man cited for poaching a wolf outside a designated hunting zone

    Ken Cole

    Hunter reportedly shot the wolf from the road Eagle man cited for poaching a wolf outside a designated hunting zone Idaho Statesman

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