Killing wolves in an area where few, if any, sport hunters were willing to go was a strategy to help elk recovery in the backcountry. The timing also coincided with a so-called "wolf derby" in Salmon in December.
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It would make 8.3 million acres priority habitat and 2.9 million acres general habitat. Mining would be mostly closed in priority habitat but open in general habitat. Oil and gas development would be closed in priority habitat and restricted to no surface disturbance in general habitat. It would make all 11.2 million acres priority habitat.
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Jan. 20--Salmon and steelhead are further away from extinction than they were a decade ago. Those include the surface passage devices dam managers have added to several of the eight dams between Idaho and the Pacific. That means better fishing this spring but numbers that are still nowhere near what Idaho could expect from a recovered healthy population of 70,000 to more than 100,000 wild fish.
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Jan. 16--BOISE -- Joan Hurlock has fished all her life. C.L. "Butch" Otter appointed to the Fish and Game Commission. A California native, Hurlock has lived in Buhl for 10 years.
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C.L. "Butch" Otter appointed Hurlock to the commission in June. Last week, the Senate Resources and Environment Committee voted 5-4 not to recommend confirming Hurlock to the commission. Sen. She has all of those elements that make her good on almost anything," Hurlock said.
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She said her group has a network of about 100 volunteers gathering signatures on its behalf. In addition, an undisclosed number of paid signature gatherers who are hired by PCI, a Los Angeles-based consulting firm that specializes in petition management, according to the company's website. Under the First Amendment, you can say pretty much what you want.
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That appears unlikely because the amendment's sponsor -- Sen.
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Hunter elk harvests have dropped in recent years, but wolf predation remains high. Hunting wolves is a method that Akenson and other conservationists can accept. He is Otter's main legislative supporter for the Wolf Control Board, which he said needs to focus on reducing the wolf population that has cost sheep businesses such as his. With a total population of about 700 wolves, that's $2,800 for every wolf in Idaho, living or dead. Rep.
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James Brewster, D-Monroeville, said the changes are needed. "We have to make sure that jobs and business don't become endangered, too," he said. "There's a price for progress. We have a tremendous industry with Marcellus Shale, and it's important we make way for progress." State Sen.
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Energy exploration, mining and development in sage grouse habitat would halt. Ranchers would be forced to remove their livestock from grazing on public lands. Canada has already listed the species. Of the 11 states where sage grouse live, Wyoming has the most.
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