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Title: Elk Foundation Praises Wolf Delisting in Idaho, Montana
Post by: nw_bowhunter on May 07, 2009, 04:22:22 PM: Info from RMEF

Elk Foundation Praises Wolf Delisting in Idaho, Montana

MISSOULA, Mont.<America is well past the day when keystone predators can be left
unmanaged. That¹s why the May 4 formal delisting of gray wolves in Idaho and
Montana is drawing praise from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, as well as
encouragement for the same action in Wyoming.

³We¹re pleased with the partial delisting and glad to see wolf management
authority turned over to state wildlife agencies in Idaho and Montana.
Management is a modern necessity<we don¹t live in a zoo and this isn¹t the old
West,² said David Allen, Elk Foundation president and CEO.

Allen explained that conservation today means managing habitat, prey and
predators together, on balance with biological and cultural carrying capacities,
rather than a piecemeal mishmash of independent components and objectives. It¹s
all tied together. Delisting wolves brings true conservation a step closer to
the northern Rockies.

³We must work together to ensure that Wyoming also gains the ability to manage
wolves in concert with its other species and habitat programs,² said Allen.

In March, the RMEF board of directors updated and added urgency to the
organization¹s longstanding position on wolves, which supports state regulated,
ethical hunting of restored wolf populations.

Allen said wolves are an organizational concern because of their impacts on
local elk herds, elk hunting success and participation, livestock and
landowners, rural economies and the Elk Foundation¹s own ability to facilitate
collaborative conservation in the future.
Title: Re: Elk Foundation Praises Wolf Delisting in Idaho, Montana
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on May 07, 2009, 04:25:40 PM: They keep that kind of stuff up, I may just rejoin.
Title: Re: Elk Foundation Praises Wolf Delisting in Idaho, Montana
Post by: Slider on May 07, 2009, 06:08:14 PM: :)
Title: Re: Elk Foundation Praises Wolf Delisting in Idaho, Montana
Post by: Pathfinder101 on May 07, 2009, 10:59:08 PM: I read another article someone sent me the other day about this. I guess WY is still having a problem getting them delisted. If I find the link I'll post it.
Title: Re: Elk Foundation Praises Wolf Delisting in Idaho, Montana
Post by: andrew_12gauge on May 08, 2009, 05:57:03 AM: the reasoning behind wyoming's troubles is that they plan to allow unlimited harvest of wolves statewide with no tags, other than in the greater yellowstone ecosystem where they plan to manage them as a trophy species. but thank god we can start thinnin em down here in idaho and in montana assuming it doesnt get stopped again
Title: Re: Elk Foundation Praises Wolf Delisting in Idaho, Montana
Post by: Pathfinder101 on May 08, 2009, 09:29:30 PM: You're right Andrew, that was the issue. Hopefully they will get it worked out there too. Of course, all of this could be a moot point. The enviros will sue again, shop the case to a sympathetic judge who will slap a temporary injunction (that he knows won't hold up for long) on it just to get past hunting season and "save the wolves" for one more year... :bash: :bash:
Title: Re: Elk Foundation Praises Wolf Delisting in Idaho, Montana
Post by: bowhunterforever on May 08, 2009, 11:42:22 PM: :mgun: