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  • Idaho wolf hunting rules don’t include quotas

    Ken Cole

    Includes trapping season in most of the Panhandle. Idaho Fish and Game has proposed to set wolf hunting seasons throughout most of the state ranging from August 30, 2011 to March 31, 2012, in 13 wolf management zones. None of the zones – except for the Sawtooth, Southern Mountains, Beaverhead, and Island Park zones –…

  • New Idaho wolf hunt likely to propose no limit on number of wolves killed

    Ralph Maughan

    No quotas (limits) are expected for hunt except along part of the Idaho/Montana border- Idaho to offer looser wolf hunt rules. By John Miller and Matthew Brown. Associated Press Ever since Butch Otter became Idaho’s governor, it was clear to me and the conservation groups that understand Idaho politics that at some point this would…

  • Sheep link to bighorn illness adds to grazing controversy

    Ken Cole

    BLM reviewing sheep allotments within 30 miles of bighorn populations. This is another exposé about the fallout of the Payette bighorn viability decision and the latest science which conclusively shows that domestic sheep diseases kill bighorn sheep. What jumps out at me is the information contained near the bottom of the article which says that…

  • Montana Denied Permission to Hunt Gray Wolves

    Ken Cole

    No Montana “conservation hunt” on wolves- It looks like the USFWS saw through Montana’s notion of having a sport hunt on wolves under the guise of a “conservation hunt”. They said no. Montana – Permission Denied to Hunt Gray Wolves. Associated Press in the New York Times Longer version: Federal officials deny Montana request to…

  • Montana FWP and Idaho Fish and Game submit wolf reduction proposals

    Ken Cole

    Idaho and Montana have submitted proposals to the US Fish and Wildlife Service for approval to kill up to 186 wolves in Montana and up to 80% of the estimated 76 wolves in Idaho’s Lolo hunting zones. Here is the IDFG proposal: IDFG proposes an adaptive strategy to reduce the wolf population in the Lolo…

  • State scrambling to revive wolf hunt

    Ken Cole

    …..and GUT the Endangered Species Act. The details of the overreach. The States are asking their congressional delegations to GUT the Endangered Species Act by changing the language of the Act so that it would allow species to be delisted based on state boundaries. In other words, it would allow the USFWS to use arbitrary,…

  • 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…

  • Heads up. Commission Meeting discussing this fall's wolf hunt set for August 16.

    Ken Cole

    Increased quotas, trapping, snaring, and electronic calls are being considered. If you want your voice to be heard this is your opportunity. Don’t be intimidated and speak your mind. F&G Commission To Meet In Idaho Falls In August The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will meet August 16 in Idaho Falls. Commissioners will consider proposed…

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