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Idaho Fish and Game

  • Idaho Statesman: How to get wildlife watchers to pay?

    Ralph Maughan

    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 aid. Brian Ertz earlier posted a related article and there has already been quite a bit of discussion in this…

  • Plan to kill Lolo wolves to help elk kills few wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    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 in the area called “the Lolo.” The belief also blames wolves for the failure of elk…

  • Idaho F&G kills Lolo wolves from helicopter

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho politicians’ long hoped for campaign to kill Lolo wolves has begun with small “success”- Idaho F&G kills Lolo wolves from helicopter. Lewiston Tribune. “. . . the hunting has been halted because it hasn’t been as successful as expected, an Idaho Department of Fish and Game official says.” After about decade, Idaho Fish and…

  • Idaho Fish and Game feeding wildife in SE Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    Elk, deer, and pronghorn being fed since January 1- Idaho Fish and Game doesn’t like to feed, but deep snow and frozen snow after a melt has prompted off and on feeding.  Some of it is to keep the wild animals away from farms. Idaho Fish and Game news release.

  • Idaho Fish and Game Commission suspends 2008-2012 Wolf Management Plan

    Ken Cole

    Directs Department to prepare a new plan consistent with 2002 Legislative Plan. The IDFG Commission voted unanimously to suspend the 2008-2012 wolf management plan, which maintains a wolf population of 518 wolves in the state of Idaho, and directed the Department to prepare “an appropriate wolf species management plan, consistent with the 2002 Idaho Wolf…

  • US Fish & Wildlife Service takes wolf management lead in idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    News release from Idaho Fish and Game reporting on the result of Governor Otter’s abandonment of wolf management- US Fish and Wildlife Service takes over wolf management in Idaho.

  • Idaho Fish and Game will immediately work to transfer wolf management to federal government

    Ralph Maughan

    New news story has an important change- Unlike the original story today on Otter’s decision, the story late tonight (Oct. 18) says “Idaho Fish and Game conservation officers will continue to collect information about illegal wolf kills, as they would for any endangered species and transfer it to federal law enforcement officials.” [emphasis mine] Idaho…

  • Reminder: Comments Due on IDFG's Bighorn Sheep Plan Tomorrow

    Ken Cole

    I posted this at the end of August. It’s time to get your comments in. Don’t color outside the lines The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has released its Draft Bighorn Sheep Management Plan which essentially draws lines around existing bighorn sheep populations and prevents recovery to historical habitat. This is a big problem…

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