Montana FWP to set wolf quotas Thursday

FWP to set wolf quotas Thursday

By EVE BYRON – Independent Record

Montana’s 2009 wolf hunting season could have quotas ranging from 26 to 207 under three options that will be presented to the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission Thursday.

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Addition by Ralph Maughan

I received this today. It is background on setting the wolf hunt quota.

FWP COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET

Meeting Date:  May 14, 2009 Agenda Item:  2009 Tentative Wolf Quotas

Action Needed: Approve Tentative Rule Time Needed for Presentation:  30 minutes

Background: Regulated public harvest of wolves, first endorsed by the Governor’s Wolf Advisory Council in 2000, was included in Montana’s wolf conservation and management plan. In 2001, the Legislature authorized the Commission to reclassify wolves under state law from an endangered species to a species in need of management upon federal delisting. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to delist the gray wolf in Montana from the Endangered Species Act, will be effective May 4, 2009.  Litigation challenging the federal delisting decision is expected.

Good News? Feds reviewing BLM evidence from ATV protest ride

Maybe the illegal ATV protest ride up the Paria River will be punished–

Thanks to Elizabeth Parker for calling my attention to this new development.

Feds reviewing BLM evidence from ATV protest ride. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune.

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Earlier. Protesters roar through fed lands. By Mark Havnes. The Salt Lake Tribune.

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

Ignorance again rides high in the saddle as politicians in Idaho vilify the wolf-

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf? Stephen Augustine. The River Journal.