Gray Wolf May Get De-Listed
Feds May Open Up Hunting for Gray Wolf
Anyone interested in making comments on this proposed rule change for the Northern Rockies Gray Wolf may do so electronically by e-mail. The period of comment runs for another 30 days. All comments should be addressed to NRMGrayWolf@fws.gov. If the state of Wyoming plan is not approved the FWP may move to implement the rule for the other effective part of the region.
On the heals of this new move by FWP, the Inspector General of the Interior Department has issued a new report showing some improvement but, outlining various deficits in the overall leadership and enforcement of FWP. The report can be accessed at: http://www.doioig.gov/upload/FWS_OLEAssessmentFINAL021507.pdf
In this mixed bag of good and somewhat contradictory information concerning the enforcement of wild life protection a report has been issued. It was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the U.S. Attorneys of the Department of Justice. It states that referrals of complaints, enforcement and the percentage prosecuted by FWP has been on a steady decline since 2004. See: http://www.peer.org/docs/fws/07_20_2_wildlife_criminal_enforcement.pdf.
For anyone interested in the Gray Wolf and other useful information about the role of the United State Fish Wild Life and Parks in conservation efforts there is a very detailed web site at: http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/wolf/ . For contrary points of view you may access Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility at : http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=825.
Current rules utilized by the State of Idaho allow landowners to kill wolves that attack livestock and domestic animals on their property. There is a specific requirement that the landowner must show evidence of the kill of livestock and domestic animals and report the incident within 24 hours of the kill. On public grazing lands there is a requirement that the individuals must receive prior authorization by obtaining a permit and also the 24 hour notice requirement. All of these methods seem to have worked well in Idaho. How the gray wolf will be handled under the de-listing rule will probably involve regulated hunting permits.
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3 Comments
Post a CommentDe-list ASAP and provide hunting tags before our elk, deer and live stock are depleted anymore.
As long as the State of Idaho follows its management plan as approved by the U.S.Fish & Wildlife
Service, I believe the de-listing of the gray wolf should continue.
The numbers (30 breeding pairs and 300 wolves) hardly seems big enough to justify a de-listing.