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  • Fish and Game director wants expanded wolf hunting

    Ken Cole

    Trapping of wolves may begin in Idaho next year. Unsurprisingly, Cal Groen wants more wolves to be killed in the Lolo Zone and other places. Trapping is also being considered for next year. Fish and Game director wants expanded wolf hunting Associated Press

  • F&G to get tough on wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    This story is one outcome of the leaked Feb. 10 memo- There was no indication Idaho Fish and Game was ever going to release their memo to the media, but thanks to JeffE, who sent it to me, it has moved out into the public beyond this forum. Story in today’s Times-News. F&G to get tough…

  • ID Fish and Game shows they are turning Idaho's wolf plan into one like Wyoming's

    Ralph Maughan

    Leaked memo shows massive effort coming to kill off Idaho wolves- The memo below from Cal Groen, Director of the Idaho Fish and Game Department confirms my call about six months ago that the Department was working with, or told to work with livestock interests to devise a method for a massive wolf reduction program.…

  • Wilderness wolf lawsuit attracts wide environmental base

    Ralph Maughan

    Rocky Barker’s update on the lawsuit filed by Wolf Recovery Foundation and WWP- I want to reiterate that the part of the lawsuit applying to the Frank Church Wilderness and the chasing, darting, and landing there to radio collar wolves, is not primarily a wolf issue. It is a Wilderness integrity issue. I would be…

  • 260 Human Caused Wolf Mortalities in Idaho for 2009

    Ken Cole

    Preliminary wolf mortality numbers from the Idaho Fish and Game released. Officially, a total of 273 wolves died in Idaho from all causes. 260 were human caused mortalities which is up 120 from last year resulting in a 178% increase in overall mortality. Also from the report: From September 1 through December 31, 135 wolves…

  • Idaho biologists recovering from helicopter crash

    Ralph Maughan

    Cause of crash is still not known- Idaho biologists recovering from helicopter crash.  The Associated Press Although this has been discussed and we have been told a good investigation of matter has taken place over the last three days, the AP article says the cause of the crash is not know. It was a wolf,…

  • Wilderness. Wild and free, or to be a surveillance zone?

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Fish and Game Proposal defeats the purpose of Wilderness- What could more opposite, animals and people roaming freely in the great outdoors; or struggling through rough country under the never sleeping watch of souless technology, subject to summary execution from the air on the order of distant bureaucrats? That’s what is a stake in…

  • Retired Forest Service NEPA legal compliance reviewer on landing in the Frank Church Wilderness

    Ralph Maughan

    Well reasoned argument against approval of Idaho Fish and Game’s plans to chase wolves, dart them, land and collar them in Idaho’s sacred central Idaho Wilderness- Wow, this fellow knows what he is talking about. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – – – – – January 2, 2010 Dear Mr. Tidwell Chief, U.…

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