Originally Posted by
salukipv1
that's confusing...maybe I didn't read the article...
does it mean, refuse to manage wolves now that theyre under ESA?
or does it mean refuse to follow ESA and Manage the wolves/hunt them however they choose to?
do we vote yes or no? geez I hate poorly worded polls.
What Butch Otter (Idaho's Governor) has announced is that Idaho will no longer participate in wolf management. That means Idaho game wardens will no longer investigate wolf poaching, they won't monitor populations, and they won't spend any sportsmens' dollars on animals that Idaho didn't want in the first place. I personally say good for them. It's time the states stood up and did something drastic, and I hope Montana follows suit, although I doubt Brian Schweitzer will. The USFWS can't effectively monitor wolves and they certainly can't keep up with poaching over that large of an area. The feds want to keep jerking this situation around so it's about time the states told them to take care of their own problem.