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Plan may allow Idaho hunters to kill as many as 300 wolves
Posted on: February 22, 2008
BOISE, Idaho - Idaho hunters would be allowed to kill somewhere between 100 and 300 gray wolves this fall under a plan proposed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game after Thursday’s federal decision to remove the animals from the endangered species list.
The plan next goes to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission for approval.
The commission is scheduled to meet March 6 to vote on the Idaho Wolf Population Management Plan 2008-2012.
Idaho had an estimated 732 wolves at the end of 2007, said Steve Nadeau, large carnivore coordinator for the department. He predicted the population will increase about 15 percent to 20 percent by this fall.
He said the department’s goal for the next five years is to keep the Idaho population between the 518 counted in 2005 and 732.
“We’re going to manage for a viable, healthy population,” Nadeau said. “We’ve managed big game for a long time, and we’re good at it.”
Still, he said the department planned to take a conservative approach the first several years while it learns how to manage wolves.
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