02-21-2008, 03:54 PM
Interestingly enough, the reason Idaho has not been able to assume management of the wolves in our state is because Wyoming refuses to comply with the Federal Governments requirements for de-listing the wolves. Idaho and Montan have both been in compliance since 2004 or 2005.
If Wyoming would just have filled all the squares, the states would have been managing the wolf populations internally, and saved the taxpayers millions of bucks so far. I believe Idaho has a good plan, I just wish they could impliment it.
Brian, There is no feasible way to limit where wolves roam short of shooting them. We cannot limit them to areas where they have room to roam, because they will continue to expand their territory until they are thinned out again. Once they start getting shot at regularly, they will retreat to the less inhabited areas. I'm assuming this is what you were talking about.
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If Wyoming would just have filled all the squares, the states would have been managing the wolf populations internally, and saved the taxpayers millions of bucks so far. I believe Idaho has a good plan, I just wish they could impliment it.
Brian, There is no feasible way to limit where wolves roam short of shooting them. We cannot limit them to areas where they have room to roam, because they will continue to expand their territory until they are thinned out again. Once they start getting shot at regularly, they will retreat to the less inhabited areas. I'm assuming this is what you were talking about.
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