Once studied closely, moving wolves to Olympic Peninsula unlikely now

[Jingles]

I still see nothing wrong with a couple of closed mouth Volunteers assisting the wolves to migrate to an area where there is less predatory competition.... Canopied pickup with darkened windows over and back before it gets light in the AM

[bugs n bones]

It doesn't matter if they bring them to the westside or not. The damage is beeing done as we speek. By the time we ever got to actually hunt and manage the wolves , which I'd bet won't ever happen in this liberal state its gonna be too late for are deer and elk. Hate to say that but they were killed off for a reason. Wolf hunting would be held up in court for washington till hell froze over.

[AspenBud]

we dont need any wolves, i feel bad for idaho and eastern wa, there is a GOOD REASON WE HUNTED THEM TO EXTINCTION....

This makes me sad.  We on the Eastside are slways forced to deal with Westside politics.  If they say it's good for Washingtonians than all of us should suffer from it.  Because us Eastsiders can't change or over power the Westside mentality.   Heck - we should just start trapping them and trucking them over to Olympic peninsula and tiger mountain to extradite the inevitable.  The sooner the get there the sooner things will change.

Let's make it a fair swap. Want some hoof rot for your elk "herds?"

Can not make that trade. We will need the hoof rot affected elk to feed the wolves. Everyone knows a pack of wolves can not...... make that "will not" eat the healthy of the herd only the young, old, lame, and weak, oh and any other ones they can catch. It is all about balance  .

Then it should work out great. Rather than just one corner of the state negatively affected we can really slit our wrists as hunters and have elk and deer in every corner wiped out. A true end to big game hunting...expedited.

Sounds like a brilliant plan.   

[AspenBud]

we dont need any wolves, i feel bad for idaho and eastern wa, there is a GOOD REASON WE HUNTED THEM TO EXTINCTION....

This makes me sad.  We on the Eastside are slways forced to deal with Westside politics.  If they say it's good for Washingtonians than all of us should suffer from it.  Because us Eastsiders can't change or over power the Westside mentality.   Heck - we should just start trapping them and trucking them over to Olympic peninsula and tiger mountain to extradite the inevitable.  The sooner the get there the sooner things will change.

Let's make it a fair swap. Want some hoof rot for your elk "herds?"

Wow, wow, wow.  That is not a comparable arguement. Hoof rot is a natural condition.  Even better it would be surpressed by a healthy wolf population.  Don't get me wrong, I don't an uncontrolled wolf population anywhere!  But this issue won't get enough political pressure until it starts affecting the westside of the state where the majority of the voting population lives.

Not according to several people in the areas it is occurring.

[turkeyfeather]

I wonder how many people actually believe that the USFWS and WDFW haven't already put wolves on the OP etc.?

"An Olympic Peninsula legislator, Rep. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, said he wasn’t opposed to wolves migrating onto the peninsula, but doesn’t want them relocated there."

"Migrating wolves" 

What's the difference if they migrate on their own or in the back of a truck. They are still migrating. 

[Katmai Guy]

 What does this do for the possibility of de-listing?  If you don't get enough breeding pairs throughout the entire state, it's my understanding they can not be delisted, never hunted.

[Sandberm]

I wish I could remember where I saw it but...I just read something about introducing wolves to the Olympic peninsula as a way to control some animals population. There were 3 options as a means to control this species and one option was the introduction of wolves. Maybe it was a WDFW e-mail. ...sheep, goats....cant remember

[AspenBud]

I wish I could remember where I saw it but...I just read something about introducing wolves to the Olympic peninsula as a way to control some animals population. There were 3 options as a means to control this species and one option was the introduction of wolves. Maybe it was a WDFW e-mail. ...sheep, goats....cant remember

Probably mountain goats. Despite a hiker getting himself gored to death by one a few years back (btw, that means mountain goats have wolves beat for fatalities in the lower 48) the enviro's are fighting attempts to eliminate them.

[Sandberm]

I wish I could remember where I saw it but...I just read something about introducing wolves to the Olympic peninsula as a way to control some animals population. There were 3 options as a means to control this species and one option was the introduction of wolves. Maybe it was a WDFW e-mail. ...sheep, goats....cant remember

Probably mountain goats. Despite a hiker getting himself gored to death by one a few years back (btw, that means mountain goats have wolves beat for fatalities in the lower 48) the enviro's are fighting attempts to eliminate them.

Didnt the family win a large settlement from the state as a result of the hikers death from goat? Usually the state getting sued leads to policy change and freedoms being taken away from the rest of us.

[AspenBud]

I wish I could remember where I saw it but...I just read something about introducing wolves to the Olympic peninsula as a way to control some animals population. There were 3 options as a means to control this species and one option was the introduction of wolves. Maybe it was a WDFW e-mail. ...sheep, goats....cant remember

Probably mountain goats. Despite a hiker getting himself gored to death by one a few years back (btw, that means mountain goats have wolves beat for fatalities in the lower 48) the enviro's are fighting attempts to eliminate them.

Didnt the family win a large settlement from the state as a result of the hikers death from goat? Usually the state getting sued leads to policy change and freedoms being taken away from the rest of us.

They did and the case was dismissed.

One of the crazier lawsuits I've seen in a while, mainly because I'm sorry, if you walk into the wild there are things that can hurt you. Come prepared and accept some personal responsibility.

[idahohuntr]

I wish I could remember where I saw it but...I just read something about introducing wolves to the Olympic peninsula as a way to control some animals population. There were 3 options as a means to control this species and one option was the introduction of wolves. Maybe it was a WDFW e-mail. ...sheep, goats....cant remember

Probably mountain goats. Despite a hiker getting himself gored to death by one a few years back (btw, that means mountain goats have wolves beat for fatalities in the lower 48) the enviro's are fighting attempts to eliminate them.

Didnt the family win a large settlement from the state as a result of the hikers death from goat? Usually the state getting sued leads to policy change and freedoms being taken away from the rest of us.

They did and the case was dismissed.

One of the crazier lawsuits I've seen in a while, mainly because I'm sorry, if you walk into the wild there are things that can hurt you. Come prepared and accept some personal responsibility.