Senate bill would change how state manages wolves

[wolfbait]

Right or wrong, the fact is the federal government considers wolves to be endangered. (Endangered of going extinct, I guess) 

What about the eastern 1/3 of the state?  The feds don't consider wolves endangered there.  Why not revise the wolf plan now?  Seems like the feds would agree with a revision........

I don't think they would agree to a revision. It would be the state against the USFWS. Our governor doesn't have he intestinal fortitude of the WY governor to tell the feds to pound sand. He'd probably veto the bill for the west side votes.

Yep I agree, I keep hoping the USFWS-WDFW will see that people are catching on to the endangered wolf fraud and steer WA out of the ditch. Now we have the USFWS pushing the grizzly bear recovery, you can bet the pair have already been dumping bears.

We don't know what to think about Dansel here yet. He promised a guy I know, who has worked his arse off for ATVs here and Dansel denied he ever said anything about ATV support. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched...................he's new in politics and seems to be a, "YES MAN" to get his stripes.

I wonder if he knows it won't go anywhere and is just trying to make a few points?

[idahohuntr]

I thought the feds took the wolves off the endangered list for the eastern third of the state?  I guess I don't see why USFW would have a problem if the state now decided to pull the wolf off of state protection?    Not that our predator loving state WDFW would ever do that.......and the wolf hugging groups would have a fit too, but if the state really wanted to revise the wolf plan, what grounds would the feds have to complain? 

Curly, you are correct.  If the state revises the wolf plan, the Eastern 1/3 of Wa...USFWS has no involvement.  As far as the feds are concerned we could be hunting them in E. Wa right now.  Its the state law and plan that is preventing hunting. 

[CAMPMEAT]

Right or wrong, the fact is the federal government considers wolves to be endangered. (Endangered of going extinct, I guess) 

What about the eastern 1/3 of the state?  The feds don't consider wolves endangered there.  Why not revise the wolf plan now?  Seems like the feds would agree with a revision........

I don't think they would agree to a revision. It would be the state against the USFWS. Our governor doesn't have he intestinal fortitude of the WY governor to tell the feds to pound sand. He'd probably veto the bill for the west side votes.

Yep I agree, I keep hoping the USFWS-WDFW will see that people are catching on to the endangered wolf fraud and steer WA out of the ditch. Now we have the USFWS pushing the grizzly bear recovery, you can bet the pair have already been dumping bears.

We don't know what to think about Dansel here yet. He promised a guy I know, who has worked his arse off for ATVs here and Dansel denied he ever said anything about ATV support. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched...................he's new in politics and seems to be a, "YES MAN" to get his stripes.

I wonder if he knows it won't go anywhere and is just trying to make a few points?

I'm thinking points................

[bearpaw]

I thought the feds took the wolves off the endangered list for the eastern third of the state?  I guess I don't see why USFW would have a problem if the state now decided to pull the wolf off of state protection?    Not that our predator loving state WDFW would ever do that.......and the wolf hugging groups would have a fit too, but if the state really wanted to revise the wolf plan, what grounds would the feds have to complain? 

Curly, you are correct.  If the state revises the wolf plan, the Eastern 1/3 of Wa...USFWS has no involvement.  As far as the feds are concerned we could be hunting them in E. Wa right now.  Its the state law and plan that is preventing hunting.

 

I don't see a problem because we will still have the most liberal wolf plan in regard to number of packs per size of state!
I wonder if the US Fish & Wildlife Service would agree to these changes? They need to approve the wolf plan, since wolves are an endangered species.