Wolves

  • Two more people plead guilty in killing of wolves from Washington’s first wolf pack in decades.

    Ken Cole

    William, Tom and Erin White of Washington state have all plead guilty for their role in the killing of two wolves from the Lookout Pack, Washington’s first wolf pack in 70 years. William White, his son and daughter-in-law Tom and Erin White will have to pay fines and be on probation for their parts in…

  • Letter to Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Tony McDermott

    Ken Cole

    Last week I sent a letter to Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Tony McDermott asking him to explain the assertions he made it the Commission meeting held in Boise on the 21st of March. I have still not heard back from him or anyone else other than a form email from the PR…

  • Your Turn to Give the Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission a Piece of You Mind

    Ken Cole

    The Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission will be taking public comment on all kinds of things on March 21, 2012 at their headquarters in Boise, Idaho. The public comment section starts their three day meeting where they will set rules for hunting and fishing in the upcoming year. One of the items on…

  • The Grim Numbers of Idaho Wolf Killing

    Ken Cole

    With two weeks left of wolf hunting and trapping left in Idaho, with the exception of the Lolo and Selway zones, the number of Idaho wolves is down significantly from the 746 number published in the Annual Wolf Report.  At the present time the population is at about 574, if the estimate in the annual…

  • The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Wolf Rider.

    Ken Cole

    The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the many wolf advocacy groups who held that Congressman Mike Simpson’s and Senator Jon Tester’s budget rider, which delisted wolves in Idaho, Montana, and parts of Oregon, Washington, and Utah, was unconstitutional.  The panel of judges upheld Judge Donald Mollloy’s ruling that the rider was constitutional.…

  • Wolves to the Slaughter

    Ken Cole

    Christopher Ketcham has been writing about many of the issues we write about here and has just published a very long and clear-eyed article about the ongoing wolf issue in The American Prospect. Ketcham interviews many people here in Idaho including our own Brian Ertz and his sister Natalie, he also got some great quotes…

  • Utah may have its first wolf pack and it is south of I-80

    Ken Cole

    Over the weekend USDA Wildlife Services agents, while out flying around killing coyotes, observed what they think were four wolves or wolf dog hybrids near Springville, Utah. There have been reports of wolves there for the past year and a half. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources plans to attempt to capture them in the…

  • Idaho Wolf Hunting and Trapping on Course to Take 400 by the End of March

    Ken Cole

    Since the beginning of the Idaho wolf hunting and trapping season I have been keeping a spreadsheet with a running tally of wolf kills. Presently the total stands at 332 dead wolves with 237 taken in the hunt and 95 taken by trapping and snaring. There are three zones that have been closed so far…

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