COCOLALLA — Wolf People’s alleged disregard for conditions of an Idaho Department of Fish & Game agreement is coming back to bite the wolf advocacy and education enterprise. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Eye On: IDAHO
Senator Crapo calls out wolf reintroduction as a primary cause of livestock loss
Senator Crapo states in a recent Blog posting that wolves and wildfires are primary causes of livestock loss, and the Federal government should be reimbursing ranchers for those losses. Continue reading
“Wolf Control Board” makes Idaho center of the wolf advocacy fight
Defenders of Wildlife and other groups are focused intently on Idaho after the “wolf control board,” a delicately named wolf death panel takes shape in America’s most anti-wolf state. Continue reading
Idaho’s wolf killing plans fail to get full funding
BOISE – A bill asking for $2 million to kill up to 500 of Idaho’s wolves won’t get even half of its requested appropriation, said co-chair of the state’s budget committee. Continue reading
State pulls pro wolf hunter from wilderness
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife managers Monday called off a professional hunter who has been killing wolves inside a federal wilderness area since last year amid an effort by advocates to convince federal courts to halt the hunt. Continue reading
State-Sponsored Wolf Killing Ends in Idaho
POCATELLO, ID — Faced with a looming deadline to defend its actions before a federal appeals court, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) announced this afternoon that it is halting its wolf extermination program in the Middle Fork region of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness as of today. Continue reading
Court hearing set in dispute over Idaho wolf derby
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The fate of a disputed coyote and wolf derby planned for this weekend in central Idaho will be debated Friday in federal court. Continue reading
Environmentalists ask judge to halt Idaho wolf derby
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Environmental groups Monday asked a federal judge to halt a planned wolf and coyote derby in Idaho, branding the event an illegal killing contest. Continue reading
Hunter in Idaho pushes post-Christmas wolf derby
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho outfitter is organizing a post-Christmas contest in which two-person teams of hunters will be awarded $2,000 in cash prizes and trophies for shooting wolves and coyotes, angering animal advocates who brand it as a “wolf slaughter.” Continue reading
Idaho wildlife officials hire hunter to kill wolves
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife officials trying to aid the recovery of elk populations have hired a hunter to track down and kill wolves from two packs roaming federal wilderness in the middle of the state. Continue reading
Wolves Top Concern for Idaho’s New Elk Plan
Sometimes I like to post articles that are clearly from the “other side” Continue reading
Environmental Group Tries To Sabotage Wolf Hunting Season
In Montana and Idaho, wolf hunting season is underway, and an environmental organization known for acts of civil disobedience is trying to disrupt the hunts. Continue reading
Wolf advocacy billboards return around Yellowstone
Billboard advertising may be old-school, but wolf advocacy groups hope that a few strategically placed signs will get tourists talking about the future of wolf management. Continue reading
Idaho wolf population decreased by 11 percent in 2012
Idaho’s gray wolf population fell by 11 percent in 2012, less than wildlife managers hoped for considering the state’s extended hunting and trapping seasons plus agency animal control efforts. Continue reading
Idaho bills would provide money for wolf control, compensation
BOISE — Two bills that would make more money available to control wolves and compensate producers in Idaho who have lost cattle to the predators are moving through the Idaho Legislature.
One is on the verge of passing while the other is under the gun with the session set to end March 29. Continue reading
Idaho mulling paid trappers to manage wolf numbers
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife officials are considering paying private trappers to kill wolves roaming in specific hunting zones where wolves have had a significant impact on elk populations.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is mulling several different ideas for using fewer than a dozen proven trappers as way to more affordably and effectively manage and reduce wolf numbers in three northern hunting zones. Continue reading
Advocates, Scientists mourn loss of 832F; Montana ends hunts at Yellowstone border
HOWLColorado received news of the death of 832F, perhaps the most famous of all of Yellowstone’s remaining wolves, last Saturday via an email from a devastated advocate. The news was both saddening, and yet inevitable. Continue reading
Editorial: Open season on wolves
In Montana and Idaho in 2009, gray wolves were prematurely removed from the federal endangered species list. The decision left these magnificent predators subject to state management plans that were crafted to satisfy hunters and ranchers rather than to protect wolves. Continue reading
Idaho Rally to honor killed wolves
COEUR d’ALENE – A rally honoring the 379 wolves killed in Idaho during the 2011-2012 wolf hunt is set for 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Fort Sherman at Coeur d’Alene City Park. Continue reading
Idaho wolf hunting season ends, Panhandle private-lands season begins
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Idaho’s wolf hunting season ended Sunday, but the hunt continues this summer on private lands in the northern panhandle region. Continue reading
