$77,000

[beauhuntr]

look up the endangered species act and see how the lawsuits are filed and see who gets paid and who pays for it.and what happens when the lawsuit doesn't  get a court date in a certain time frame. you won't be surprised

[CAMPMEAT]

I bet there are a few guys that can shoot out of helicopters on this sight that would of done it for practice and not charged a damn thing !!!

[nwwanderer]

I heard through the grape vine that the state is considering hiring the feds for wolf control.  That should solve all of the problems.

[Curly]

        

[wence5]

$11,000 a head, and we wonder why the state has a funding problem! If the WDFW commissioners would have pulled their heads of their a$$es a few years ago we wouldn't have this problem in the first place, but that is water under the bridge. 

[bobcat]

I'm not sure why some are blaming the WDFW for this. They didn't put the wolves here. I agree, I hate to see money being wasted on this. But what else could they do?

[Curly]

I'm not sure why some are blaming the WDFW for this. They didn't put the wolves here. I agree, I hate to see money being wasted on this. But what else could they do?

They could have delisted them.   

[bobcat]

I'm not sure why some are blaming the WDFW for this. They didn't put the wolves here. I agree, I hate to see money being wasted on this. But what else could they do?

They could have delisted them. 

Yes but we'd still have wolves.

[Bob33]

I'm not sure why some are blaming the WDFW for this. They didn't put the wolves here. I agree, I hate to see money being wasted on this. But what else could they do?

They could have delisted them. 

I think Wyoming's experience would suggest that is easier said than done.

[bobcat]

I'm not sure why some are blaming the WDFW for this. They didn't put the wolves here. I agree, I hate to see money being wasted on this. But what else could they do?

They could have delisted them. 

I think Wyoming's experience would suggest that is easier said than done.

Exactly. And as I said, if wolves were delisted, they'd still be here. Delisting won't change anything.

[Bob33]

I'm not sure why some are blaming the WDFW for this. They didn't put the wolves here. I agree, I hate to see money being wasted on this. But what else could they do?

They could have delisted them. 

I think Wyoming's experience would suggest that is easier said than done.

Exactly. And as I said, if wolves were delisted, they'd still be here. Delisting won't change anything.

My point is that delisting can be a difficult and very expensive exercise. Wyoming fought the FWS over delisting for many years. There are groups lined up knee deep to file lawsuits to stop any delisting effort.  In fact Defenders of Wildlife just filed another lawsuit against Wyoming's delisting efforts.  These people are the real enemy, not WDFW.

(Wyoming is spending far more than $77,000 to fight these legal battles. )

http://www.defenders.org/press-release/suit-filed-against-wyoming%E2%80%99s-kill%E2%80%90at%E2%80%90will-wolf-policy

[PlateauNDN]

I'm not sure why some are blaming the WDFW for this. They didn't put the wolves here. I agree, I hate to see money being wasted on this. But what else could they do?

They could have delisted them. 

I think Wyoming's experience would suggest that is easier said than done.

Exactly. And as I said, if wolves were delisted, they'd still be here. Delisting won't change anything.

My point is that delisting can be a difficult and very expensive exercise. Wyoming fought the FWS over delisting for many years. There are groups lined up knee deep to file lawsuits to stop any delisting effort.  In fact Defenders of Wildlife just filed another lawsuit against Wyoming's delisting efforts.  These people are the real enemy, not WDFW.

(Wyoming is spending far more than $77,000 to fight these legal battles. )

http://www.defenders.org/press-release/suit-filed-against-wyoming%E2%80%99s-kill%E2%80%90at%E2%80%90will-wolf-policy

it would change alot of things around my neck of the woods.  If they are federally de-listed then it opens the doors to my Tribe managing them and right about now there's a confirmed pack running around not far from my favorite spot to hunt and gather food.  Like I said I need a new headdress and i'm not driving more than 4 hours to get one when they can delist and I can drive to the cle elum area with a little help from all the wolf lovers that know where they are.

[fair-chase]

it would change alot of things around my neck of the woods.  If they are federally de-listed then it opens the doors to my Tribe managing them and right about now there's a confirmed pack running around not far from my favorite spot to hunt and gather food.  Like I said I need a new headdress and i'm not driving more than 4 hours to get one when they can delist and I can drive to the cle elum area with a little help from all the wolf lovers that know where they are.

Why does Federal delisting stand in the way of you harvesting them? I thought reservations were considered sovereign nations? So how does federal law effect tribal harvest? Honest question, not trying to stir the pot in any way.

[Humptulips]

Over where the wedge pack was they are already delisted federally. The State could have written a wolf management plan that State delisted them in the eastern 1/3 of the state.
So yea, WDFW has to take some of the blame because they wrote the wolf management plan presented to the commission.

[Bob33]

Over where the wedge pack was they are already delisted federally. The State could have written a wolf management plan that State delisted them in the eastern 1/3 of the state.
So yea, WDFW has to take some of the blame because they wrote the wolf management plan presented to the commission.

Yes they could have. They would have more than likely had to deal with several lawsuits to put it into place. I suspect that was part of their rationale for not doing so at this time.