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Lawmakers would declare an emergency and urge the governor to do the same and order the state’s wolf population reduced, under a concurrent resolution introduced today in the House Resources Committee at the urging of Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries. “This bill is about legislators being able to show their support, should the governor so wish to have an executive order to have wolves removed,” Harwood told the committee. Rep. George Sayler, D-Coeur d’Alene disagreed, and said the resolution appears to move Idaho toward a position like that of Wyoming, which hasn’t been given authority to manage its wolf population because of its refusal to enact acceptable wolf management plans.
“I think we all know how big this issue has been in our state the last 10 or 12 years, and the struggle we went through as a state to get to the position to where we can manage wolves,” Sayler said. “To me, this is a move back toward a Wyoming position. … This is a step back to more court cases.” Sayler moved to kill the bill, but was outvoted along party lines, with only the panel’s Democrats voting in support. The committee then voted, again along party lines, to introduce a corrected version of the resolution. Among the last-minute changes: The resolution now says that it encourages the governor to declare a state of emergency and require the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to use “any legal means” to reduce wolf numbers, instead of just “use any means.”
The committee also voted to introduce a measure from Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, to make “human consumptive use” of certain game species a top priority for Fish & Game’s management of wildlife, even though Hart, tied up in another committee, didn’t show up to present the bill. Rep. Dell Raybould questioned whether a precedent was being set that the way to get a bill introduced was to not show up. Chairman Bert Stevenson said he was concerned about that, but since the committee wanted to proceed and today is the last day for bill introductions, he allowed it.
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WolfKill on February 18 at 9:54 p.m.
This should send the message that residents of the Northern Rockies have had their fill of the USFWS and their stupid wolf games. Even Ed Bangs, coordinator of the so-called Wolf Recovery Project has stated…”Wolves fix very few problems compared to the ones they create.”
Every thing about this entire project has been one huge lie…from the phony recovery goals established…to the reason why wolves were dumped back into this wildlife rich ecosystem…to the “bait & switch” of trying to replace the native wolf with and entirely different sub-species…to the phony environmental groups which fight wolf management.
Sportsmen are now ready to drag out the big guns and take care of this wildlife virus.
Like it or not, we’re going to take back the Northern Rockies. So, USFWS…you better call in every federal game warden you have.
Toby Bridges
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nowolves on June 10 at 9:04 a.m.
I encourage the sportsman to continue to support Wyoming in the wolf stance. Do it with where you hunt, how you discuss the issue, where you buy hunting license, and getting the word out about this non- endangered, non-threatened killer. But, keep tabs on states like Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana on what they are doing about the wolves…… Hopefully the action above is not all lip service for Idaho. But, in the mean time support states that put their money where their mouth is…… below are quotes from the economic impact section of the MT & WY state wolf management plans.
Montana Wolf Management plan:
“The net benefits of wolf recovery alone were estimated at $10 million per year. In 1999, these attributes attracted 9.4 million visitors to Montana who spent an estimated $1.6 billion on goods and services.”
Wyoming Wolf Management plan:
“Because of the national interest in wolves, their presence in the GYA was expected to increase tourism in the area. However; overall visitation to YNP has decreased for unknown reasons since wolf reintroduction.”
It’s funny how one state plays with the numbers & the other gives it to you straight
beams on April 04 at 9:58 a.m.
mikey or should I say reality22, you’re an extremist nutcase.