Unlike Idaho, Montana FWP will set a quota for the state’s wolf hunt-
Today, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Commission will set the wolf hunt quota for this fall’s hunt at 220 wolves. If met and the underlying assumptions behind the estimate are factually correct, this quota is expected to result in a decline in the state’s wolf population of 25%. Here is the AP story.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle ran a detailed story last Sunday, July 10, on the debate over the quota and the effects of its implementation. Not surprisingly, there are many who think the results will be different because the assumptions are wrong.
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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 President of the Western Watersheds Project.
