Since the beginning of the Idaho wolf hunting and trapping season I have been keeping a spreadsheet with a running tally of wolf kills. Presently the total stands at 332 […]
Have you come across any interesting wildlife news? February 29, 2012
Here is the latest open thread on wildlife news topics. You can access the previous open thread here.
Siddoway’s Wolf Kill Bill Dead in Senate.
Senator Jeff Siddoway’s Wolf Kill Bill S1305 has been sent back to committee which effectively kills it. The bill would have allowed ranchers to kill wolves by various methods including […]
Santorum Scorns Faithful Environmentalists
Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is not content to criticize President Obama’s policy objectives from a political perspective, he’s taken to the pulpit criticizing the President’s, and an entire population […]
Big game tags for big landowners to auction off dies in the Idaho Senate…. not quite
Controversial bill, S1283, dies on a rare tie vote- but S1282, a similar bill, is still alive. There aren’t many Democrats in the Idaho state senate, but all of them […]
Remaining woodland caribou in U.S. (in Idaho) barely holding on
Tiny herd spends most of its time in British Columbia- The woodland caribou have been on the endangered species list for a long time, several million dollars have been spent […]
USDA Wildlife Services Funding Shortfall Has Strange Result in Montana.
I think it’s safe to say that this couldn’t be called a trend, but last year a funding shortfall for USDA Wildlife Services shortened their coyote killing season by two […]
Idaho Department of Fish and Game Spends $22,500 to Kill 14 Wolves in the Lolo Zone
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game issued a press release this afternoon stating that in early February, USDA Wildlife Services killed 14 wolves from helicopters in the Lolo Zone. […]