Along with hunters who are headed out wolf hunting in the morning in the Lolo and Sawtooth zones, there'll be members of the national media. "Today was the busiest day with the media I think we've ever had," said Ed Mitchell of Idaho Fish &…
One concern raised by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy raised when he issued the 2008 injunction stopping wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana was the lack of evidence of genetic mixing between the wolf populations in the various states. "I don't think he was provided…
Jenny Harbine, attorney with Earthjustice, the environmental law firm that's representing the conservation groups that sued over wolf delisting, said of today's court proceedings, "Well, obviously we didn't get a ruling, and the judge stated that he would issue a ruling expeditiously. We don't know…
Get this: Idaho wasn't supposed to be allowed to offer any oral arguments this morning at the wolf hearing in Missoula, but U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy surprised officials from Idaho and Montana this morning by shifting gears at the last minute, and agreeing to…
While a federal judge ponders whether to issue an injunction stopping wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana, Idaho Fish and Game officials are hurriedly preparing signs to warn away hunters in case an adverse ruling comes down before the start of Tuesday morning's scheduled hunt.…
Congressmen Mike Simpson and Walt Minnick were asked, in a question submitted by a City Club audience member, if they'd support banning health care industry PAC contributions while Congress debates health care reform. "I can answer that no, Mike, how about you?" Minnick responded amid…
The City Club of Boise has an interesting double bill for its luncheon today: Republican Congressman Mike Simpson, and Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick, at a forum dubbed, "Red Elephant, Blue Dog, A Conversation." Sitting collegially side by side, the two said they do work together…
The hearing this morning in federal court in Missoula this morning over a possible injunction to block upcoming wolf hunting seasons in Idaho and Montana ended without a ruling from the bench, but U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, according to the Associated Press, said he'll…
Here's what happens with most tort claims against the state, though the one filed by fired ITD Director Pam Lowe is hardly run-of-the-mill: Idaho's risk management office, in response to a public records request, reported that the state received 1,867 such claims in the last…
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