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  • Deal is reached with Wyoming on delisting wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    So the USFWS caved in. Here is a brief story in the Idaho Statesman. 2:33 p.m. Wolves move closer to delisting status. Idaho Statesman KIFI, Local News 8. Fish and Wildlife to move ahead on wolf delisting in Idaho, Montana

  • Will Northern Rockies wolf delisting result in huge kill-off of wolves?

    Ralph Maughan

    The Sawtooth Mountains at Stanley, Idaho. Photo by Ralph Maughan. June 2006. Will wolf delisting in the Northern Rockies allow the state of Idaho to wipe out all the wolves in the scenic area where the public can actually see them? Idaho has 650 or so wolves. The state’s vast backcountry and wildlife resources have…

  • Wyoming and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hold "landmark meeting" on Wyoming wolf plan

    Ralph Maughan

    Huge reduction in wolves could be the outcome of proposal. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service met Monday with Governor Dave Freudental and Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming and others in Cheyenne, to discuss the details of a new plan that would give Wyoming management of all wolves in the state outside of the national…

  • Ed Bangs comments on possible Wyoming wolf deal

    Ralph Maughan

    Ed Bangs, the federal Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator, commented on the possible deal on delisting Wyoming wolves. Wyoming’s official plan for state conservation of a recovered wolf population has been rejected by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wyoming has sued to get it accepted. In his latest Gray Wolf Recovery Progress Report, Bangs wrote: WY…

  • Feds propose wolf deal for Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Right now wolves are allowed to range throughout Wyoming, but almost all of them are in Northwest Wyoming. The deal would let Wyoming have its way with wolves . . . kill them all outside of NW Wyoming. Wolves would be managed to maintain the required population in NW Wyoming. I have always believed Wyoming…

  • [Idaho] Sportsman For Fish & Wildlife To Announce Petition Drive To Delist Wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    This is the Idaho version of the group I referred to as Sportsmen for Feeding and Whining (in Wyoming). They don’t support feeding in Idaho (or at least I don’t think so). Basically what they do is find the most backward ideas about hunting and fishing in each state and organize around them. Nate Helm…

  • Wolves retain protected status in Europe

    Ralph Maughan

    Switzerland has a population of 3 or 4 wolves and apparently wanted a “hunting season.” European Commission refuses to downgrade wolf protected status in Europe. WWF newsroom. This article appears in a number of other places too.

  • Park County (WY) seeks to intervene in Wyoming wolf case

    Ralph Maughan

    Story. Wyoming is suing the federal government again, trying to get the courts to tell the USFWS that a sow’s ear is really a silk purpose. Every time time Wyoming does this, Park County’s Attorney Bryan Skoric demands that Park County be given the legal status of “intervenor.” Since this is a legal slam dunk,…

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