Wyoming Media Grok

Feds Tinker With Wolf Management Boundary

By Brodie Farquhar, 12-15-06

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are offering an olive branch, no...an olive twig to Wyoming, tinkering with wolf management boundary lines, but assuring Wyoming they can kill just as many wolves as they want.

So far, little sign of enthusiasm or celebration among Wyoming officials or ag leaders.

And in other news around the state, Governor Freudenthal blasts a USDA-proposed rule that would give the feds authority to slap the state's livestock NOT free of brucellosis status if wildlife have the disease; Yellowstone Caldera domes are rising fast; a pro-hunting group delivered 60 tons of hay to the National Elk Refuge and the state slaps a hefty fine on an energy company. [End of article]

Comment By Craig Moore, 12-15-06

Brodie, the Jackson Hole Daily clears up some of the ambiguities in article about the compromise wolf plan. See: http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=1236

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Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will meet with Gov. Dave Freudenthal on Monday to discuss the compromise, proposed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director Mitch King.

The plan includes a permanent region where the Wyoming Game and Fish Department would manage wolves as trophy game, which means they could be shot only by hunters who first obtain a license. The boundary would run from Cody to Meeteetse, around the outer edge of the Wind River Reservation, down to the Boulder River, back up through Pinedale, and up to Jackson and west to the Idaho state line. Outside of that boundary, wolves would be considered predators and could be killed without regulation.
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This compromise seems to meet with approval of Ed Bangs and his objectives for wolf recovery.

Comment By Craig Moore, 12-15-06

Regarding the Caldera, ain't no sunshine when she's gone, according to Bill Withers.

Comment By Marion, 12-16-06

I'm concerned that the twig offered to Wyoming is an attempt to get us to take over the cost of managing the animals and get FWS off the hook for that money drain.
Delisting has nothing whatsoever to do with an approved plan and the enviros probably already have their briefs drawn up protesting just about any and everything that would limit the wolves in any way shape or form.
It may also be a means of getting DOW off the hook for the tiny amount they pay.

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