EVERYONE READ THIS!!! Take a stand on the wolf problem!!!

[ferjr]

Here is the latest response that I have recieved.

Dear Frank:



Thank you for contacting me regarding wolf management in the state of Idaho. I agree with you and welcome the opportunity to respond.



As you know, on August 5, 2010, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court of Montana ruled to relist gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), finding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) erred when it delisted wolves in Idaho and Montana but kept wolves under federal management in Wyoming. This ruling had nothing to do with Idaho's wolf management plan or the State's record in managing wolves. Instead, it affirmed that under the ESA, wolves in the Northern Rockies are one distinct, single population, and that if the species is going to be considered endangered in one part of its range, then it must be treated the same way throughout the Northern Rockies.



Like you, I was very disappointed over the federal court's ruling. There is bipartisan agreement spanning two presidential administrations that wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains are recovered. When USFSW reintroduced Canadian wolves to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho beginning in March 1995 and ending in early 1996, an Environmental Impact Statement published by the USFWS indicated that a total population of 100 wolves would constitute a complete recovery in Idaho. In just over ten years, the progeny of a mere thirty-five gray wolves released in our state now constitutes more than 850, and these numbers are expected to increase by 20 percent per year.



Clearly, the courts are not effectively addressing this issue, and so we must now look to a legislative solution. On February 1, 2011, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced S. 249, a bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Act shall not apply to any gray wolf. I am very proud to be an original co-sponsor of this legislation. S. 249 does not attempt to rewrite the ESA in some grand manner; rather, the bills seek to acknowledge the reality in Idaho and throughout the Northern Rockies - that wolves are recovered in our state and region and we need to be able to manage them. Please rest assured that I remain committed to ensuring that wolf management is conducted in a way that benefits both the species and Idahoans, and I look forward to working on this legislation in the Environmental and Public Works Committee.



Again, thank you for contacting me. Please feel free to contact me in the future on this or other matters of interest to you. For more information about the issues before the U.S. Senate as well as news releases, photos, and other items of interest, please visit my Senate website, http://crapo.senate.gov.



Sincerely,

[ferjr]

BTT

[blucoondawg1980]

Done, these vermin have really been raisin heck these last few years around these parts. Nobody should be expected to relocate their hunting area they have used for generations because some beaurocrat thinks it's so nice to have these killers running amok

[Idaho Bison]

Just recieved a letter from Risch.

[pegleg]

ok guys can't help it but "crapo senate" ??? what aide let that through?

[ferjr]

ok guys can't help it but "crapo senate" ??? what aide let that through?

LMAO!!!!

[chsnlions]

done

[redgirls]

Glad to see everyone who is doing this. Go one step farther, and compose an e-mail with the link and forward it to EVERYBODY in you Inbox.
Also killing a wolf or two daily is a fun and family oriented hobby!! Keep on fighting.

[bluewalkers]

just got done with it.

[Neff]

Done.....

[catdog360]

Just released today 5-4-11 the Obama Administration will sign the bill that will give the management of the grey wolf back to the state. Eight states in the northern rockies and the great lake are included in this bill. This is noted that it is the first time congress has stripped a species of protection. An overwhelming responce was brought forward by livestock breeders and sportsman concerned about attackes on livestock and big game animals.

[CkZona]

Done, these vermin have really been raisin heck these last few years around these parts. Nobody should be expected to relocate their hunting area they have used for generations because some beaurocrat thinks it's so nice to have these killers running amok

These were the wolves native habitat long before your ancestors arrived.

[ferjr]

Wolf tags went on sale here in Idaho last thursday, $11.50 for resident tags.

[houndnem]

Wolf tags went on sale here in Idaho last thursday, $11.50 for resident tags.

that's so sweet!!!!!

[houndnem]

how do you go about huntin them? can you call them like coyote? or do you glass and blast?