Plan to kill Lolo wolves to help elk kills few wolves
As I’ve argued for a long time, this is probably because there are few wolves to kill- It is a political article of faith in much of Idaho that wolves are the reason for the relatively low elk numbers...
View ArticleIdaho Statesman: How to get wildlife watchers to pay?
Here is an editorial from the Idaho Statesman on the failure of license fees and game tags to generate enough revenue to manage fish and wildlife in Idaho, especially with the coming cuts in federal...
View ArticleIdaho wolf hunting rules don’t include quotas
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...
View ArticleIdaho Fish and Game asks for public comment on wolf hunt
Wolf season proposal includes an on-line survey- We have written a lot about Idaho’s proposed upcoming second wolf hunt, one that will have no statewide quota and a very long season coupled with...
View ArticleFish and Game Kills Ram near Castleford
It is rare that bighorn are actually documented commingling with sheep or cattle because it usually goes undetected. However, this is typical behavior of bighorn rams around the breeding season and it...
View ArticleTasmanian poachers plead guilty and are kicked out of Idaho after paying fines
Poachers killed a big bull elk and also illegally transferred wolf tags- Here is the outcome of the matter of the elk poaching Tasmanians in the Idaho wilderness. Many of the details came from an...
View ArticleGrizzly bear claims elk carcass and then bites hunter who tries to retrieve it
A classic kind of grizzly/hunter interaction near Island Park, Idaho- About a week ago, a lucky (or unlucky?) hunter survived a bite from a grizzly that had taken the hunter’s elk. A Michigan archery...
View ArticleWolves spotted next to Advanced Test Reactor Complex in the middle of the...
Could no hunting zone of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) could prove haven for Idaho’s persecuted wolves? The vast (900 sq mil), sprawling INL has many nuclear reactors, but there is also a lot of...
View ArticleState Agency Game Farming Is Not Compatible with Ecosystem Integrity
State Agency Game Farming Is Not Compatible with Ecosystem Integrity With the delisting of wolves from protection under the Endangered Species Act, management of wolves has been turned back to the...
View ArticleState Public Records Request Shows Widespread Capture and Mortality of...
Rare Fishers Heavily Impacted A response to a state public records request, submitted by Western Watersheds Project to the Idaho Fish and Game Department, shows widespread capture and mortality of...
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