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Commission Adopts Wolf Directives
Click link above to view a video explaining the November 2008 Commission’s wolf directives.
Wolf Reporting FormReport wolf sightings here
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Federal Protection Reinstated for Idaho Wolves - On July 18, 2008, Judge Donald Molloy of the U.S. District Court in Missoula issued a preliminary injunction that returned the wolf to federal endangered species protection.
The injunction was sought by parties to a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to remove gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains from the endangered species list.
On October 14, Molloy filed an order granting the United States' motion to remand the delisting rule back to the Fish and Wildlife Service. He also dismissed the case. The U.S. Department of Interior and the Department of Justice are reviewing options and believe the remand was the most expedient way to address the courts concerns and to delist wolves.
On October 24, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is reopening the public comment period on its proposal to delist the gray wolf in the northern Rocky Mountains. In a notice published in the Federal Register October 28, Fish and Wildlife asked the public to comment and provide any additional information on the February 2007 proposal to delist wolves. Fish and Wildlife is seeking additional information on a variety of topics related to the delisting. More details are available in the Federal Register notice which will be posted along with associated materials at the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Northern Rocky Mountains Wolf Website
The public will have until November 28, 2008, to submit their comments to the Federal Rulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, via U.S. mail or by hand delivery to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: RIN 1018-Au53; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 222; Arlington, VA 22203.
The hunting season in Idaho is on hold and no wolf tags will be sold until wolves are delisted. Read Fish and Game rules and state laws on hold pending litigation and until wolves are delisted.
As of July 18, 2008, wolf management south of Interstate 90 has reverted to a section of the Endangered Species Act known as the 10(j) rule, which was amended in January. The unchanged parts of the 2005 10(j) still are in force. View the text of the 2005 10(j) rule - [USFWS PDF file] and text of the amended portions of the 10(j) rule - [USFWS PDF file].
Simply put, the 10(j) rule allows states and tribes with approved wolf management plans some options to manage wolves to ensure the health of wild elk and deer herds - [PDF, 14 KB]. It also provides more flexibility to protect livestock and private property. The rule allows individuals on private or public land to kill a wolf that is in the act of attacking their stock animals (horses, mules, donkey, llamas, goats used to transport people and possessions) or dogs, except land north of Interstate 90 in Idaho, or land administered by the National Park Service, and provided there is no evidence of intentional baiting, feeding or deliberate attractants of wolves.
What if I have a wolf problem?
If you think wolves have attacked livestock or pets, contact Wildlife Services at 1-866-487-3297. For wolf mortality, or other related incidents requiring immediate attention, contact your local Fish and Game office.
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