Wolf Management

A federal magistrate has upheld a previous decision to prohibit trapping and snaring wolves during certain seasons

The patriarch of the West Slope’s Copper Creek Pack, the first formed since reintroduction, died last week just days after officers captured the animal with plans to move the family to prevent livestock attacks. Parks and Wildlife said Monday the wolf had a severe leg injury and was in poor health before he was captured.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is rolling out a new way to estimate the number of wolves in the state using a genetics-based statistical model.

About a third of all wolf kills in Idaho in the last year would be prohibited going forward, under a court order issued in March.

A federal judge in Boise heard arguments on Thursday in a lawsuit saying wolf trapping in Idaho threatens endangered grizzly bears.

The Wolf Depredation Control Board will contract with two groups of producers through a new pilot program that will reimburse them for killing wolves preying on their livestock. In October, the board approved five agreements but three were later found out to not be valid.

The Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board recently approved agreements with ranchers to kill wolves for the protection of livestock. Some of the agreements say efforts will include shooting wolves from helicopters or planes on Forest Service land.

Wildlife Services investigated fewer instances of wolves killing livestock and found fewer depredations, too.

The Idaho Fish and Game Department unanimously approved a plan that would cull Idaho’s wolf population by almost two thirds.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game presented a new statewide wolf management plan Thursday.