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, […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →“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 […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →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
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