Montana, Idaho given green light to manage wolves

[Washington Hunter]

Volume 22 | Issue 2 | Mar/Apr 2005
The Journal of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation


Montana, Idaho given green light to manage wolves

by Lee Lamb



Interior secretary Gale Norton approved new rules in January granting ranchers and pet owners in Montana and Idaho more flexibility to haze or kill wolves that threaten or attack their animals.

The new rules, which took effect February 2, state:


Wolves attacking livestock, livestock herding and guarding animals, and dogs on private land or public grazing allotments can be killed immediately by landowners, grazing permittees, and guides and outfitters;

States can authorize landowners and public land permittees to harass or kill wolves that consistently pose a threat to livestock;

Wolves proven to be causing unacceptable impacts to big game herds can be killed by state or tribal agencies with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) consent. Scientists must determine the herds are below state population goals and that wolves are causing excessive killing;

Montana and Idaho can establish memorandums of agreement with the Department of Interior to lead wolf conservation and management within their respective boundaries.

About 850 wolves roam Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, about 700 of which live in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and central Idaho—the result of a restoration program by the FWS that released wolves into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in 1995 and 1996. The new rules represent an intermediate step for transferring management from the federal government to Montana and Idaho. Wyoming is still working to develop a wolf management plan acceptable to the FWS.

 

[Cathunt MT]

I say we need a hunting season on them.....coming soon!!!!!!!!!!! I see them a lot

 

[BigHornRam]

Montana's already "managed" 4 of them.

 

[BuzzH]

BHR, are you a liar or do you just like spreading lies?

Montana has "managed" a shitload more than 4 wolves...

Get some up-to-date data for Christsake.

The way I see it, you're trying to do one of two things....sound familiar?

 

[ELKCHSR]

BHR, are you a liar or do you just like spreading lies?

My goodness, get spanked in one thread and your on others with a copy cat hate filled adgenda...

The way I see it, you're trying to do one of two things....sound familiar?

What it really sounds like is Buzz's feelings are still hurt from the stinging slap from a previous post... poor Buzz...

I imagine he will be e-mailing the rest of the gallery to come to the rescue in short order parroting the same mantras

I guess all I can say Buzz, is whats your point?

 

[BigHornRam]

Buzz,

Your an assclown. Big difference between the fed boys buzzing around in helicopters and smoking wolves, than a local rancher. I should have said "Montanan's" have managed 4 wolves to be more acurate. The 3 S wolves are off the record, so I can't count them. This article is less than a week old. Is that current enough for you? Read it and weep.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - A landowner in southwest Montana fatally shot a gray wolf that the man said was chasing his livestock, a state wolf official said Friday. Federal authorities are investigating.

The shooting is the fourth in the state since federal rules took effect giving landowners more flexibility to protect their livestock from the predators. It is the third such fatal shooting in southwest Montana, said Carolyn Sime, wolf management coordinator for the state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

The wolf was shot on private property Thursday by a landowner near Wisdom, the department said.


I like to elk hunt near Wisdom and applied for speed goats there. I'll have to look that landowner up and buy him a beer, and some additional cartridges just in case he has future problems.

 

[BuzzH]

BHR,

You need to learn how to read.

There were many kill-permits issued and used by landowners before this latest ruling.

Did you go to grade-school with the cheese?

 

[BigHornRam]

Buzzard,

Read the first article. How many wolves have been "managed" in Montana by Montanan's since the new rules have been established on Feb. 2? Answer - 4. Try to stay on topic. It's clear most of your class room years have been spent sitting in the corner with the dunce cap on.

 

[Ithaca 37]

"BHR, are you a liar or do you just like spreading lies?"

Both. That's why he's on "Ignore". Consistently been spreading lies for at least two years.

 

[BuzzH]

BHR,

When you're riding the short bus to third grade today, sit next to the cheese and have him explain to you how many wolves MT ranchers have managed since they were reintroduced.

 

[BigHornRam]

Buzz,

While you are diddling yourself in the corner while wearing your dunce cap, show me where in the first article it discuses kill permits issued prior to the February rule change. The discussion revolves around the article W. H. posted to start this topic. Please try to stick to the topic for once.

 

[ELKCHSR]

Common fellas...

Lets talk about what it is going to take to get a draw on one of these critters...

I got to see one at fifteen feet last year... I think I coulda got that with the bow I had in hand...