For Immediate Release Susan Irby (202) 224-8078
July 18, 2008 Will Hart (208) 342-7985
When Ranchers Cry “Wolf!”
by: Senator Larry Craig
“They are killing animals a hundred feet from my door!”
– from a letter to me by a concerned Idahoan
Those of us who have owned livestock knew this is what would happen. What we feared […]
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After a federal judge restored Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and other state and federal officials criticized the decision while advocates for the predator reacted with joy.By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press WriterBOISE, Idaho — After a federal judge restored Endangered Species Act protections for […]
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Posted in Education, Endangered Species Act (ESA), Habitual Behavior, Human Toll, Letters, Livestock Depredation, Uncategorized, Wolf Politics, Wolf Program Documents, Wolves in the News, wolf control and management on Jul 11th, 2008 6 Comments »
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Friday, July 11, 2008
By Benjamin N. Tuggle
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Southwest Regional Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
There has been a lot of discussion about U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service efforts to recover the Mexican gray wolf in New Mexico and Arizona. The opinions of polarized groups have clearly dominated the public discourse regarding reintroduction, and the public debate […]
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Gray wolf sighted in New Mexico
Species could have spread from northern Rockies.
From the Associated Press
7:38 PM PDT, June 30, 2008
SANTA FE — A possible gray wolf has been sighted on a ranch in northern New Mexico, raising the prospect that wolves may have migrated into the state from the Northern Rockies where they were reintroduced […]
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Wolves Running Wild in the West
By CHRIS BURY and ELY BROWN
June 20, 2008—
In Idaho’s rugged ranch country, a young calf killed by predators is every rancher’s worst nightmare. For veteran biologist Rick Williamson, it’s the beginning of a wildlife version of “CSI.”
“There’s a blood trail through here,” Williamson observed. “We need to have the evidence […]
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