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Idaho finalizing plans to allow public hunting of gray wolves
Posted on: March 29, 2008
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is finalizing plans to allow the public hunting of gray wolves this fall, now that federal protections have been lifted, and state wildlife officials know “the world is watching” how they perform.
Federal Endangered Species Act protection of the animals was lifted Friday in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, giving those states management of the estimated 1,500 gray wolves in the region. Hunts are being scheduled by state wildlife agencies to reduce the wolf population to between 900 and 1,250.
“We manage big game for a living, we’re good at it,” said Steve Nadeau, who oversees large carnivores for the Idaho Fish and Game Department. “The world is watching and we know it.”
Indeed, environmentalists plan to sue the federal government next month to restore wolf protections.
Should the number of breeding pairs in Idaho fall below a target number, the animals could be brought back under federal protection.
Fish and Game estimates Idaho now has 800 gray wolves.
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