Here are some highlights. --Idaho and Montana report significantly lower numbers of wolves for the first time since reintroduction, owing to hunting, trapping and wildlife control.
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As of Thursday, hunters and trappers killed five wolves in the east-central zone during the late season.
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Idaho wolves can't bear to lose more pups, mothers and pack leaders than they already have.
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Day Fees will be waived at most U.S. Forest Service day-use recreation sites on Jan. 20 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Officials estimated the population at 2,211, but the survey was done in midwinter before wolf pups were born. The number of duck hunters is up, too. Deer management always is controversial, and the DNR has started to re-evaluate statewide deer population goals, aiming to finish by 2017.
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...wolf harvest. Wolf Harvest Zone 3 is the sixth and last wolf harvest zone to be closed this season, according to a DNR news release. Zone 3 is in the northwest part of the state and includes portions of Burnett, Washburn, Rusk and Taylor counties. The other regions of the state had already been closed to wolf hunting and trapping, when quotas were met. The wolf hunting season in Zone 3 began slowly, but hunters neared the DNR's quota over the weekend, harvesting...
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...of Wednesday afternoon, hunters and trappers had harvested 33 wolves in the zone, reaching the zone's target harvest. Wolf hunting and trapping continues in the northwest and east-central wolf zones to anyone with a valid license. The late season in those zones is scheduled to end Jan. 31 or whenever the target harvest is expected to be met, whichever comes first. As of Wednesday, hunters and trappers had harvested 51 wolves in the northwest zone, where the target harvest is 89,...
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Federal protection remains for wolves like OR-7 that migrate to the western part of the state. This year is poised to be the first to meet that requirement, meaning hunting wouldn't be allowed until at least 2016. The service says population numbers have since bounced back to sustainable levels, with an estimated 5,360 now in the contiguous states.
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So, Fish and Game asked for permission for Thoreson to use the Cabin Creek administrative site and airstrip on Big Creek in the Payette National Forest.
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The commission will not take action on the plan at the meeting. A final decision is planned for early 2014, Boudreau said. Although the submitted comments were across the board, the most pervasive subject was predators' influence on elk populations.
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