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  • Idaho Fish and Game Postpones Public Hearings on Wolf Hunting Quotas

    Ken Cole

    The Idaho Fish and Game held it’s recent Commission meeting in McCall over the last two days but failed to take up one item on its agenda. The Commission did not discuss wolf hunting even though they are likely to start hunting wolves starting September 1st. They plan to take up the subject at their…

  • Idaho Mountain Express editorial: A license to kill

    Ralph Maughan

    “A cloud hangs over this wolf ‘management’ plan: Fish and Game Commissioners tend to reflect the temperament of Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, who’s made no secret of his hostility toward the animal. Last year, he expressed the wish that the wolf population would be slaughtered down to 100 animals to protect elk stock for hunters.”…

  • Idaho Fish and Game commissioners spite department biologist's own recommendation – raise limit 100 over

    Brian Ertz

    It’s higher than the initial proposal, giving some indication of the commission’s temperament. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission has set the limit at what the Statesman claims might mean the killing of 500 wolves : Fish and Game commissioners set limit for 2008 wolf hunt – Idaho Statesman As is noted in…

  • Wolf-watching areas sought in Idaho

    Brian Ertz

    The Idaho Conservation League (ICL) is proposing a Central Idaho wolf-watching area that if granted by the Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG) commission would spare wolves in areas surrounding highways in Central Idaho the impending wolf-hunt should delisting pass the test of litigation currently underway. Should wolves have a sanctuary? – Idaho Mountain…

  • Idaho proposes mortality cap for wolves in 2008

    Ralph Maughan

    The Assocated Press says that Idaho Fish and Game has released its recommendations for maximum allowed wolf mortality in 2008. The proposal is a total mortality cap of 328 wolves in Idaho. That total includes wolves killed by hunters and state managers, and those killed in accidents or by natural causes. I assume illegal mortality…

  • Montana approves wolf hunting season

    Ralph Maughan

    This was expected, and it isn’t really the news. Story in the Casper Star Tribune. Montana approves wolf hunting season. By Eve Byron. Lee News Service The news is that Montana rejected things like trapping wolves (a grave danger to grizzly bears and dogs) and the use of artificial lures, baits, scents, electronic calls, aerial…

  • Montana wolf hunt gets preliminary approval

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has set up a framework for a Montana wolf hunt once the wolves are delisted. Story. Montana wolf hunt gets preliminary approval. Great Falls Tribune. Montana’s wildlife commission has been proceeding somewhat more cautiously than Idaho’s. With 40 breeding pairs (“37” according to this story), it might seem Montana can…

  • From reintroduction to statewide hunt? Fish and Game releases draft plan to hunt wolves throughout Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    From reintroduction to statewide hunt? Fish and Game releases draft plan to hunt wolves throughout Idaho. By Jason Kaufmann. Idaho Mountain Express. One of the places Idaho Fish and Game won’t be holding a public hearing is the Wood River Valley: Hailey, Ketchum, Bellevue, Sun Valley, the largest population of mountain folks in central Idaho…

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