Grey Wolves

Conservative lawmakers in the West are reviving efforts to delist certain populations of the grizzly bear and gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act, and last week they made their case to remove federal protections before a U.S. House subcommittee.

Conservation groups are speaking out against three bills in Congress that would delist grizzly bears and gray wolves from endangered species protections.

“[The wolves] didn’t consume anything,” Rancher Frank Shirts said in a press release from the IRRC. “The sheep just suffocated in the pileup and died. We work to make things good for those sheep every day, so it’s a shame to lose them.”

As the sun was setting on last year’s legislative session, Idaho passed a law that could shrink the number of wolves in the state by 90%. Now, wolf conservation groups are fighting back.

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission expanded gray wolf hunting and trapping opportunities on Thursday based on a bill signed by Gov. Brad Little this past legislative session.

A coalition of six wildlife advocacy groups are asking the United States Forest Service to protect wolves from new laws in Idaho and Montana allowing up to 90% of wolves to be killed.

A bill that expands wolf hunting in Idaho is headed to the governor’s desk. Conservation groups say the legislation could reduce Idaho's total wolf population by 90%.

The potential expansion of wolf trapping into Blaine County — where it has never been allowed before — has drawn criticism from local officials and…

Twenty-five years ago, wolves were reintroduced in Idaho. Ranchers feared for their livestock while wolf supporters celebrated their return. The…