Bill to shoot Oregon wolves has died in Oregon legislature-
Wolf bill dead. Written by Ed Merriman. Baker City Herald
The Farm Bureau guy said, ““I understand they have a full plate, with the state economy in trouble, but if something isn’t done about the wolf attacks, this could possibly throw Baker County’s economy in a tailspin,” Browne said. [emphasis mine].
Must be a very fragile economy!
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He has been a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and also its President. For many years he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
I bet the primary contributors to the economy, like everywhere else is likely the BLM and other federal government jobs, some retirees, and people fueling up on the Interstate …
That would have to be a terrible economy. Maybe some wolf tourism will help that out.