Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo has sent out this statement on the federal court decision to allow the state's wolf hunt to continue: “Idaho has thoroughly traveled the path toward delisting wolves. The state has a plan that is acceptable to the Federal government and the…
The wolf killed by a poacher east of Cascade on Sunday was described by Fish & Game as "a small female, still a pup." F&G chief of law enforcement Jon Heggen said, "Our officers seized the wolf, but I don't know that it was aged…
Jon Heggen, chief of law enforcement for Idaho Fish & Game, says, "We want to treat the wolf hunt like we do any other big game hunting season, no different than we would bighorn sheep or an elk or a deer case." And what they've…
Here are the penalties for the two poaching offenses for which an Eagle man was cited, after shooting a female wolf pup about 30 miles east of Cascade on Sunday:Shooting a firearm from a public road, a standard misdemeanor, carries possible fines of $25 to…
Idaho 2nd District Congressman Mike Simpson met with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sam Hamilton today, and then released this statement about the federal court decision today on Idaho's wolf hunt:“The judge’s decision to uphold Idaho’s wolf hunt was welcome news. In a conversation…
Idaho Fish & Game has issued two poaching citations to an Eagle man for illegally shooting a small female wolf pup on Sunday evening. The shooting was in the McCall-Weiser wolf zone, which is not yet open for wolf hunting. The man shot the wolf…
Suzanne Asha Stone, Northern Rockies representative for Defenders of Wildlife, said, "We're disappointed that the injunction wasn't granted, and I think that right now we feel that a hunting season for wolves at this point still poses a threat to the regional wolf population." But…
The 13 conservation groups that sued over the delisting of the wolf in Idaho and Montana and sought to stop wolf hunting in the two states lost their bid for a preliminary injunction, but the judge's ruling suggests strongly that they could win their overall…
Idaho Fish and Game Director Cal Groen says the department is "pleased" by the federal court decision to allow Idaho's current wolf hunt to continue, and pledged that his department will "demonstrate that the Fish and Game will responsibly manage wolves like the other 10…
Two members of Idaho's congressional delegation have immediately weighed in with statements praising federal Judge Donald Molloy's decision to reject a move to halt wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana. Here are the statements from 1st District Congressman Walt Minnick, a Democrat, and Sen. Jim…
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to block wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana; Idaho's already has begun, and three wolves have been taken by hunters. The two states included hunting in their management plans for gray wolves,…
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