Tag: Idaho Fish and Game Commission
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Remarkably unpleasant story of failed ID Fish Game Commission nominee continues
Takedown of Hurlock makes Idaho State Senate look awful- We don’t know if she should be commissioner or not, but Rocky Barker’s story on the aftermath details of her defeated nomination casts an unpleasant light on Senate and Commission. These people manage our wildlife and write Idaho’s laws! Hurlock said senators told lies, half truths…
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Unsurprisingly, the Idaho Senate rejects Hurlock confirmation to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission
The Idaho Senate has voted against confirming Joan Hurlock to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. Citing that “there’s a fear of some environmentalism here. The sportsmen are worried” Senator Monty Pearce voted against her confirmation along with 18 other senators in a vote that was 19 to 16. Hurlock is the daughter of a…
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A woman who wasn’t born in Idaho too radical an idea for Idaho Fish and Game Commission?
Idaho Senate Resources committee votes not to confirm Gov. Otter’s nomination of Joan Hurlock- Although once a woman sat on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission, Nancy Hadley of Sandpoint 1997 to 2005, that was then. In the last few years Idaho has retreated culturally by perhaps a generation. Governor “Butch” Otter recently nominated Joan Hurlock to…
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ID Fish and Game Commission Gets an Earful but Increase Wolf Hunting and Trapping Anyway
Testimony heavily against current hunt levels, but commissioners completely reject suggestions- Boise, ID. Wednesday night (March 21) the Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission met at its headquarters. In attendance were approximately 40 wolf advocates and a handful who were on the opposite side. 39 people testified. Over 30 were against continuing the wolf…
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Idaho Fish and Game Commission to weigh traps, bait in wolf hunts
Of course, if wolves attack cattle because they have run across dead cattle and got a taste, they are shot by Wildlife Services. Now Idaho Fish and Game Commission is happy to let wolves become habituated to baits so they can be easily “hunted.” Those wolves that don’t take the set baits will be much…
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Report on Idf&G Commissioner's Coeur D'alene Meeting, Nov 2009
“The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times” by Ken Fischman, Ph.D. Vice Chair & Spokesman Northern Idaho Wolf Alliance “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” (first sentence in Charles Dickens’ novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.”) It was the “best of times” because NIWA and other wolf advocates…
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IDFG's plans to manage wolves includes killing 26 packs as well as 80% or 100 wolves in the Lolo
250 to 300 Idaho wolves could be killed if delisting occurs. On May 2nd wolves will be delisted leaving a window of at least 30 days before the decision could be enjoined by a judge. During this time, assuming an injunction, a number of things could happen at the hands of the Idaho Fish and…
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Delisting wolves is Idaho Fish and Game Commission's no. 1 priority
Residents voice concerns about the protection of steelhead and bighorn sheep, but Commission chair says reducing protection of wolves more important- Fish and Game: delist wolves again. KLEW-TV. Lewiston, Idaho