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  State biologist dreads Hollywood portrayal of wolves

  January 27, 2012 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A1 Wolves are coming to the big screen today in “The Grey,” a man-versus-beast thriller starring Liam Neeson. When their plane crashes in Alaska’s frozen wilderness, a bunch of oil-field roughnecks … 20

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  Hungry wolf pack rearranges balance in Yellowstone Park

  January 15, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Typically content to stay in Yellowstone National Park’s remote Pelican Valley where they specialize in killing bison, Mollie’s wolf pack has migrated more than 20 miles to the Lamar Valley … 1

• State offers training on wolf kills

  January 10, 2012 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A5 Washington state wildlife officials said they’re willing to train Stevens County sheriff’s deputies on how to identify livestock that has been killed by wolves. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife … 1

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  Fish and Wildlife appointee criticized

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors, City on Page B2 The appointment of an Eastern Washington environmentalist to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has upset some rural officials, who say their small-town values are unfairly being pushed aside in … 3

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  Wolf protection ends in Midwest

  December 22, 2011 in Outdoors, Nation/World on Page A8 ATLANTA, Mich. – After devoting four decades and tens of millions of dollars to saving the gray wolf, the federal government wants to get out of the wolf-protection business, leaving …

• Field reports: State Parks staff to be cut 30 percent

  December 11, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 PUBLIC LANDS – Nearly a third of Washington’s year-round state parks staffers are being notified this week they likely will be laid off as a result of lagging sales of …

• Panel approves proposed wolf plan

  December 4, 2011 in Outdoors, City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission on Saturday approved a proposed plan for managing gray wolves, a decision sure to spark criticism from hunting and livestock groups that … 1

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  Commission will consider wolf proposal next weekend

  November 27, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 After four years of development, extensive public review – and lingering controversy – the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider adopting a plan for managing wolves as they re-establish … 6

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  Idaho wolf trapping season opens Tuesday

  November 13, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 The first wolf trapping season since the predators were reintroduced to the Rocky Mountains will open in selected areas in the north half of Idaho on Tuesday. Demand is high …

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  Wolf hunts get court hearing

  November 9, 2011 in Outdoors, City on Page A13 PASADENA, Calif. – Wildlife advocates appeared in federal court Tuesday seeking to stop gray wolf hunts that are already well under way in the Northern Rockies, arguing that Congress overstepped …

• Panel will consider halt to wolf hunt

  November 7, 2011 in News With more than 150 gray wolves shot in the Northern Rockies so far this fall, a panel of federal judges on Tuesday is scheduled to consider an emergency halt to …

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  Panel considers wolf plan

  November 4, 2011 in Outdoors, City on Page A5 Washington is already home to five packs of gray wolves, and state wildlife managers are planning for more. On Thursday, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission deliberated on a wolf … 6

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  State’s wolf plan meeting today

  November 3, 2011 in Outdoors, City on Page A8 As Washington Fish and Wildlife officials are slashing budgets for existing programs, they’re meeting in Spokane today to deal with yet another new challenge – wolves. The state Fish and … 3

• Field reports: Columbia refuge mulls camping, hunting changes

  October 2, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 OUTPLAN – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing a new management plan for the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, which could mean changes for campers, hunters and anglers. The …

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  Idaho targets wolves

  September 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page K10 An archery hunter near Bozeman killed the first wolf to be harvested in the gray wolf hunting seasons that opened in Montana earlier this month. And at least 10 gray … 1

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  Captive wolf on the lam

  September 15, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 When Mark Earls saw a shaggy, white wolf crossing a road in North Idaho’s Hoodoo Valley, he pulled out his cellphone to snap a picture of it. “What boggled him … 42

• Montana begins wolf hunt season

  September 4, 2011 in Region on Page B7 BILLINGS – Gray wolf hunts are under way in Montana and Idaho as state officials seek to sharply reduce the predator’s numbers in hopes of curbing attacks on livestock and …

• Federal poaching trial rescheduled

  September 1, 2011 in Idaho on Page A12 The federal trial for a Methow Valley ranch family accused of killing protected wolves and trying to smuggle pelts out of the country has been rescheduled to Jan. 30. The …

• Landers: Idaho wolf tag sales lagging, so far

  September 1, 2011 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 Idaho wolf tag purchases are barely better than home sales. Maybe it’s the economy or the recent lawsuits that threatened to stall the hunting season again, but wolf permits are … 1

• Groups ask court to halt wolf hunts

  August 14, 2011 in Outdoors, City, Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Environmentalists have asked a federal appeals court for an emergency injunction to halt wolf hunts scheduled to start in a few weeks in Idaho and Montana. The request … 1

• Area wolf poaching case to trial in September

  July 24, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C9 The case of a Methow Valley ranch family accused of killing protected wolves and smuggling their hides out of the country is set for federal trial in Spokane this fall. … 2

• Rules on Idaho wolf hunt include no statewide quota

  July 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Idaho’s upcoming wolf hunt will be managed like other big game seasons, with no statewide quota on the number of wolves that can be killed, state officials said Friday. About … 2

• Wolf’s delisting could imperil other species

  June 27, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Endangered Species Act has long had its foes, particularly in the West. But in recent months, the law has taken an unprecedented hit from Congress. Republicans, led … 18

• Three indicted on charges in endangered wolf deaths

  June 9, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 A federal grand jury has indicted a Twisp, Wash., man for illegally killing two wolves near his property and trying to ship one of the pelts to Canada. After Tom …

• Aerial killing of wolves called off

  May 15, 2011 in City on Page B3 LEWISTON – Aerial gunners in a helicopter have killed at least five wolves in north-central Idaho since Wednesday in an effort to protect elk herds, but the hunting has been …

• Wolf protections lifted; Idaho, Montana plan hunts this fall

  May 5, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A5 The Obama administration on Wednesday moved to lift Endangered Species Act protections for 5,500 gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes, drawing the line on the predators’ rapid … 1

• Obama delists gray wolves

  May 4, 2011 in News, Nation/World The Obama administration on Wednesday moved to lift Endangered Species Act protections for 5,500 gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes, drawing the line on the predators’ rapid … 6

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  Bangs retiring after leading wolf recovery

  April 28, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A6 HELENA – Ed Bangs, who for 23 years led the effort to reintroduce and recover healthy wolf populations in the northern Rocky Mountains, is retiring from the U.S. Fish and … 1

• Great Lakes wolves may be delisted

  April 15, 2011 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday it would try again to drop wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the federal endangered species list, although courts have … 3

• Budget rider gives states wolf control

  April 15, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A1 Gray wolves in most of the Northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list under a policy rider attached to Congress’ budget bill. The rider returns wolf management … 22

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