Idaho Fish and Game may curb hunting in burned areas
Wildlife took a beating in the Murphy Complex and other rangefires. The article says it may take 30 years to restore the sage grouse habitat. Giving the increasing incidence or rangefires, however, it is hard to imagine 30 years will pass before it burns again.
Unlike forest fires the flames moved so fast that a number of elk, deer and even antelope might have perished when they could not escape. Story in the Times News. Fish and Game may curb hunting in burned areas. By Matt Christensen
Times-News writer.
Note that the Murphy Complex is now about contained at just short of 700,000 acres

Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is past President of the Western Watersheds Project.
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I want a map that shows the burn distruction for the Warren area and east over to pilot peak . I need to know if i can go in these woods patt VON srtitten
I was over there 7 days ago and they really had all the roads into that general areas closed, usually with serious barricades.
Hope to stand corrected, but I doubt it.