Idaho’s Wolf Depredation Control Board had its first budget hearing this morning, and reported that it didn’t spend the full $400,000 it was allocated for its first year, but it did contract with USDA Wildlife Services to kill 31 wolves, all of which were attacking livestock; you can read my full story here at spokesman.com. “We have every reason to believe 2014 was an anomaly,” Carl Rey, board member, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. It saw less wolf depredation than the state had seen since 2005, he said/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Are enough wolves being killed in Idaho to justify the cost of this program?