Post by: bearpaw on February 25, 2010, 11:55:51 AM
We can all benefit from this bill. Those of you with media ties, or if you have email lists, please help get this word out to the masses to attend this meeting in Boise on March 2nd, or to send email to Idaho legislators as soon as possible. Email addresses are noted below in my nest post.
WOLF EMERGENCY BILL HCR043 NEEDS YOUR TESTIMONY AND SUPPORT
We need to gather supporters who can come and testify.
Hearing will be Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at the Boise State Capitol Building, Room EW40 {East Wing 40} at 8:30 AM.
Please attend and give your testimony to support the Legislature in defining the current population and status of wolves in Idaho, a condition of emergency.
If passed, this Bill will equip the Governor with Legislative support to stand with the people of the State of Idaho to preserve our big game, secure our livestock producers and protect our people.
Thanks and we hope to see you there.
Sincerely,
Tony Mayer
Rick Mayer
Post by: bearpaw on February 25, 2010, 05:23:32 PM
Dear Legislator,
I am from Washington but I enjoy the Idaho outdoors so much that I came to Idaho and purchased a business. I love hunting in Idaho but the hunting is not what it used to be, due in great part to wolves, and I am very concerned. Please pass legislation giving the governor the ability to declare an emergency regarding the wolf over-population in Idaho. The people of Idaho must protect what’s left of the deer and elk herds, their outdoor based economy, and themselves from the burden of the wolf overpopulation and the injustice of the animal rights lawsuits in the federal courts.
Best Regards, Dale
Here is a contact list to send email:
Governor Otter's Chief of Staff jmalmen@gov.idaho.gov
Senator Shawn A. Keough skeough@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Joyce M. Broadsword jbroadsw@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Michael 'Mike' Jorgenson mnjorgen@senate.idaho.gov
Senator John W. Goedde jhammond@senate.idaho.gov
Senator James C. 'Jim' Hammond jhammond@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Gary J. Schroeder dschroed@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Joe Stegner jstegner@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Leland G. 'Lee' Heinrich lheinrich@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Monty J. Pearce mpearce@senate.idaho.gov
Senator John T. McGee jmcgee@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Melinda Smyser msmyser@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Curtis D. 'Curt' McKenzie cmckenzi@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Patti Anne Lodge palodge@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Chuck Winder cwinder@senate.idaho.gov
Senator John C. Andreason jandreas@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Leslie 'Les' Bock lbock@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Elliot Werk ewerk@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Kate Kelly kkelly@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Nicole LeFavour nlefavou@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Shirley McKague smckague@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Russell M. 'Russ' Fulcher rfulcher@overarch.com
Senator Tim L. Corder, Sr. tcorder@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Bert Brackett bbracket@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Charles H. 'Chuck' Coiner ccoiner@senate.idaho.gov
Senator W. Clinton 'Clint' Stennett stennett@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Dean L. Cameron dcameron@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Denton C. Darrington ddarring@senate.idaho.gov
Senator R. Steven 'Steve' Bair sbair@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Diane Bilyeu dbilyeu@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Edgar J. Malepeai emalepea@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Robert L. 'Bob' Geddes rgeddes@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Dean M. Mortimer dmortimer@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Bart M. Davis bmdavis@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Brent Hill bhill@senate.idaho.gov
Senator Jeff C. Siddoway jsiddoway@senate.idaho.gov
Representative Eric R. Anderson eanderso@house.idaho.gov
Representative George E. Eskridge geskridg@house.idaho.gov
Representative Mary Lou Shepherd mshepher@house.idaho.gov
Representative Richard J. 'Dick' Harwood dharwood@house.idaho.gov
Representative James W. 'Jim' Clark jclark@house.idaho.gov
Representative Phil Hart plhart@house.idaho.gov
Representative Marge Chadderdon mchadder@house.idaho.gov
Representative George C. Sayler gsayler@house.idaho.gov
Representative Robert P. 'Bob' Nonini bnonini@house.idaho.gov
Representative Frank N. Henderson fhenders@house.idaho.gov
Representative Thomas F. 'Tom' Trail ttrail@house.idaho.gov
Representative Shirley G. Ringo sringo@house.idaho.gov
Representative Elizabeth S. 'Liz' Chavez lchavez@house.idaho.gov
Representative John M. Rusche jrusche@house.idaho.gov
Representative Ken A. Roberts kroberts@house.idaho.gov
Representative Paul E. Shepherd pshepher@house.idaho.gov
Representative Lawerence E. Denney ldenney@house.idaho.gov
Representative Judy Boyle jboyle@house.idaho.gov
Representative Pat Takasugi ptakasugi@house.idaho.gov
Representative Darrell G. Bolz dbolz@house.idaho.gov
Representative Steven P. 'Steve' Thayn sthayn@house.idaho.gov
Representative Carlos V. Bilbao cbilbao@house.idaho.gov
Representative Robert E. 'Bob' Schaefer, Sr. rschaefe@house.idaho.gov
Representative Gary E. Collins gcollins@house.idaho.gov
Representative Brent Crane bcrane@house.idaho.gov
Representative Stephen A. 'Steve' Kren, Jr. skren@house.idaho.gov
Representative Mike Moyle mmoyle@house.idaho.gov
Representative Raúl R. Labrador rlabrador@house.idaho.gov
Representative Lynn M. Luker lluker@house.idaho.gov
Representative Max C. Black mblack@house.idaho.gov
Representative Grant Burgoyne gburgoyne@house.idaho.gov
Representative Elfreda Higgins ehiggins@house.idaho.gov
Representative William M. 'Bill' Killen bkillen@house.idaho.gov
Representative Susan B. 'Sue' Chew schew@house.idaho.gov
Representative Branden J. Durst bdurst@house.idaho.gov
Representative Phylis K. King pking@house.idaho.gov
Representative Anne Pasley-Stuart aps@house.idaho.gov
Representative Brian C. Cronin bcronin@house.idaho.gov
Representative Joe A. Palmer jpalmer@house.idaho.gov
Representative Marv Hagedorn mhagedorn@house.idaho.gov
Representative Richard Dean 'Rich' Jarvis rjarvis@house.idaho.gov
Representative Clifford R. 'Cliff' Bayer cbayer@house.idaho.gov
Representative Richard A. 'Rich' Wills rwills@house.idaho.gov
Representative Milton Peter 'Pete' Nielsen pnielsen@house.idaho.gov
Representative James 'Jim' Patrick jpatrick@house.idaho.gov
Representative Stephen Hartgen shartgen@house.idaho.gov
Representative Leon E. Smith, Jr. lsmith@house.idaho.gov
Representative Sharon L. Block sblock@house.idaho.gov
Representative Wendy S. Jaquet wjaquet@house.idaho.gov
Representative Donna L. Pence dpence@house.idaho.gov
Representative John A. 'Bert' Stevenson jstevens@house.idaho.gov
Representative Maxine T. Bell mbell@house.idaho.gov
Representative Scott C. Bedke sbedke@house.idaho.gov
Representative Fred Wood fwood@house.idaho.gov
Representative Dennis M. Lake dlake@house.idaho.gov
Representative Jim Marriott jmarriott@house.idaho.gov
Representative Ken Andrus kandrus@house.idaho.gov
Representative James Daw Ruchti jruchti@house.idaho.gov
Representative Donna H. Boe dboe@house.idaho.gov
Representative Elaine Smith esmith@house.idaho.gov
Representative Marc Gibbs mgibbs@house.idaho.gov
Representative Thomas F. 'Tom' Loertscher tloertsch@house.idaho.gov
Representative Janice R. McGeachin jmcgeach@house.idaho.gov
Representative Erik Simpson esimpson@house.idaho.gov
Representative Jeffrey D. Thompson jthompson@house.idaho.gov
Representative Russ Mathews rmathews@house.idaho.gov
Representative Mack G. Shirley mshirley@house.idaho.gov
Representative Dell Raybould drayboul@house.idaho.gov
Representative JoAn E. Wood jawood@house.idaho.gov
Representative Lenore Hardy Barrett lbarrett@house.idaho.gov
Post by: bearpaw on March 05, 2010, 06:31:12 PM
I certainly agree with your thoughts on wolves and the drastic effect it is having on our elk and deer population. I believe that most of us in the legislature is in agreement that we need to continue to control them. I do know the effect it is having on our hunters and the reduction in tourism that is a result.
Thank you for your input.
Senator Heinrich
Post by: bearpaw on March 05, 2010, 06:33:09 PM
Thanks for your comments.
Although I do not sit on that committee, I am a strong supporter of wolf management and am no friend of wolf supporters. I hope that someday some common sense will return to Washington, D.C.
Pat Takasugi
State Representative
Legislature of the State of Idaho
Post by: mathews_shooter4life on March 06, 2010, 07:03:37 AM
Post by: denali on March 07, 2010, 07:02:28 PM
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Post by: bearpaw on March 08, 2010, 09:09:37 AM
You are right, this is important, if the other states show signs of the trouble they are in with wolves, it could pressure the WDFW Commission to take a more conservative approach when they adopt the final Washington Wolf Plan.
There are signs of rationalization coming on this whole wolf recovery issue. Idaho F&G is realizing they are going to have to step up wolf management and Montana legislators are taking action.
It is imperative that Washington citizens send letters to legislators, county commissioners, wdfw wildlife commissioners and local media outlets.
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Post by: bearpaw on March 10, 2010, 11:33:40 PM
We are aware of the problem but only seem to be able to make small. I would eliminate every wolf if I could.
Senator Monty Pearce
Post by: bearpaw on March 10, 2010, 11:35:13 PM
I too have seen so much despair and frustration over wolves in this state. We never wanted them in the first place, yet they were forced upon us and it has lead to much distrust with the Federal Gov’t. I wish I had the solution now. Having said that we still are operating under the premise that the vocal few speak for the silent majority. Thanks for your input and concerns. Please don’t give up on us. Have a super day!!
Representative Richard "Rich" Wills
Post by: bearpaw on March 10, 2010, 11:36:35 PM
Thank you for taking the time to contact me. I do sympathize with you and what you are describing is the same as has been reported by Idaho Fish & Game. However, I think we need to let this new wolf season hunting work. My husband is a hunter and he has been noticing the declining elk population, especially in the Lolo zone, for more years than we have had the wolves back in our state. While the thick browse, habitat, has to be considered in the decline I totally agree with you that the wolves have escalated the situation. Your input is very important to me and I thank you for your input.
Rep. Liz Chavez
Post by: bearpaw on March 10, 2010, 11:38:21 PM
I appreciate your taking time to express your thoughts and concerns about the wolf population in Idaho. We have seen the statistics about the decline in out of state hunters. Besides wolves, the economy and the prices of tags were also significant reasons why they did not come. Some of our herds have been more affected by wolves because there is also loss of habitat in their zones which weakens their ability to sustain a healthy growing herd.
12 zones are meeting cow population goals, 8 are below their goals, and 9 are above their goals. Two zones that the Idaho Fish and Game will be focusing on are the Lolo and Sawtooth . They have high wolf densities and predation is the primary cause of elk mortality. These areas also did not reach their wolf quotas largely as a result of difficulty of terrain. It is my objective to encourage additional resources be brought to the table to get a handle on the wolves is such areas. This will have to be done in a manner which will not result in the nullification of the present wolf status under the Endangered Species Act.
It is difficult to be patient when you see the declines in our Elk herds. Our small rural towns do suffer when tourist dollars fail to arrive. It is my hope that sooner rather than later we can put more pressure on wolves to relieve the Elk herds. The studies will give the Fish and Game the ammunition it needs to use alternative means of taking wolves.
Sincerely,
Rep. Donna Pence
Post by: bearpaw on March 10, 2010, 11:40:18 PM
I appreciate the support and I completely undestand we need to protect what is left of the deer and elk herds and it is a deep concern I have. I am deeply disappointend with this decision to hold my bill, but seems this is the way government gets in the way.
Regards
Representative Harwood
Post by: bearpaw on March 10, 2010, 11:41:14 PM
I serve on the Resources and conservation committee and we did receive a report on Wolf populations on Wednesday. From what I understand there are areas where the wolves are making significant impact on the elk populations, but in other areas not so much. There were about 200 wolves killed by hunters this year and 26,000 tags sold. The Fish and Game will continue to refine and monitor the hunting permits and tags.
Representative Phylis K. King
Post by: bullchaser on March 11, 2010, 09:53:46 AM
Post by: MichaelJ on March 11, 2010, 06:13:46 PM
So much respect from myself... sincerely thanks for taking the time. Not enough people do. Glad to see the positive response from my reps!!!
Michael
Post by: bearpaw on March 11, 2010, 06:22:45 PM
I usually get some responses back from legislators in WA too, but not usually as many as I recieved back from the Idaho legislators.
Post by: mulehunter on March 11, 2010, 06:23:32 PM
Mulehunter :hello:
Post by: MichaelJ on March 11, 2010, 06:57:38 PM
Post by: bearpaw on March 11, 2010, 07:33:35 PM
Thanks mulehunter, you are definitely too gracious. I just figure we all have to do what we can to support our great sport and our country. Many guys served in the military, I never did, so maybe it's just my turn to put in some time.
Post by: Young Buck on March 16, 2010, 12:02:26 PM
Post by: mulehunter on March 19, 2010, 07:25:23 PM
Mulehunter :P
Post by: bearpaw on March 19, 2010, 09:15:27 PM