That increase is due to the addition of funds that were not included because of last year's government sequester. The bulk of the money, $2.3 million, went to the DIF's fisheries division.
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USDA confirmed the wolf depredation and conducted flyovers in the area hoping to kill the predator. The Swigerts also reached out to Idaho for Wildlife, which helped organize an on-the-ground hunt for the wolf. The situation received regional media attention. Idaho for Wildlife's Alder said his group posted "elite, highly trained retired special forces officers" to guard the Swigerts' home.
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The agency agreed to determine whether to grant the chicken "threatened" status under ESA by March 31. As part of that settlement, the agency agreed to not consider granting the bird the less-significant "warranted but precluded" designation. He notes ESA requires the federal government to make determinations on species' listing "solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available" while also taking in account state efforts to preserve animals.
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With the addition of the Clearwater Region, wolf season is a permanent activity on most private land in Idaho from the Canadian border to the Salmon River. But he said it isn't likely to dramatically increase wolf harvest in the region. Joe River, units 10 and 12 that make up the Lolo Zone, and units 16A, 17, 19 and 20 that make up the Selway Zone.
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March 24--Idaho's wolf population is on the decline. In 2008, a minimum of 846 wolves were reported in Idaho. That's a 42 percent decline. A decline is by design, said Idaho Fish and Game Big Game Manager Jon Rachael.
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March 21--FARMINGTON -- Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Rob Bishop. Bishop has been vocal about what he calls flaws in the Endangered Species Act.
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Clair, are not being considered for higher deer population goals. He believes a chief culprit could be epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD. "Personally, I believe it's disease.
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The new seasons include an increase in elk controlled hunt and pronghorn tags and expanded wolf hunting and trapping seasons.
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At least I do," Causer said. What they're hearing is that there's a lot of unhappiness out there, said Rep. Joe Emrick (R-Northampton County) took exception to that, citing a commission-sponsored telephone survey of Pennsylvania residents selected at random. The hunters are the experts," he said. Two sportsmen's groups also offered testimony.
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The BLM has proposed a major initiative to do the same on its lands. But not everyone's in favor of cutting down more trees. A sage grouse endangered species listing could restrict development, energy exploration and ranching. Sage grouse numbers declined sharply in the early 1900s and again after World War II. About 140,000 to 500,000 of the birds survive today, scientists estimate. The 2-foot-tall creatures depend on sagebrush.
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