WA Wildlife Commission to consider amending Wildlife interaction Rules - Wolves

[pianoman9701]

Commission to consider amending
 state wildlife interaction rules 


OLYMPIA - The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider amending state wildlife interaction rules during a public meeting Oct. 4 in Olympia.

Those rules include conditions that allow ranchers and farmers to take lethal action to protect livestock from predators, as well as for compensation for the loss of livestock killed by predators.

The commission, a citizen panel appointed by the governor to set policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), will convene in Room 172 of the Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington St. S.E. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m.

An agenda for the meeting is available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/.

Prior to their regular meeting in Olympia, the fish and wildlife commissioners and WDFW staff will meet in Marysville with tribal representatives from Puget Sound and the Washington coast to discuss a variety of resource management issues. The discussions will take place at the Tulalip Casino on Oct. 2 at 5:30 p.m. and continue the following day at the same location beginning at 8:30 a.m.

During the commission's regular meeting Oct. 4 in Olympia, commissioners will consider proposed amendments to wildlife interaction rules that are more consistent with Washington's Wolf Conservation and Management plan and to implement 2013 legislation.

The amendments are available online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/about/regulations/development.html.

Those amendments include:
•Making permanent an emergency rule that permits ranchers, farmers, and other pet and livestock owners in the eastern third of the state to kill a wolf that is attacking their animals.
•Adding sheep, goats, swine, donkeys, mules, llamas and alpacas to the list of animals livestock owners could be compensated for if those animals are killed by wolves. The current list only includes cattle, sheep and horses.
•Permitting state compensation regardless of whether livestock owners were raising the animals for commercial purposes.
•Compensating livestock owners for their losses at market value.

In other business, the commission will consider two land transactions, and will receive briefings on wolf management activities this summer and updates to Hydraulic Code Rules, which regulate construction around state waterways to protect fish.

[KFhunter]

baby steps

[wolfbait]

People are already taking care of their wolf problems, going to WDFW has been a total waste of time.

I kind of think WDFW are worried about their out of control wolf population and their refusal to confirm wolf packs having a back lash shortly. And WA is turning into Idaho etc. in attitude concerning wolf management programs of their own.

[huntnphool]

People are already taking care of their wolf problems

[snowpack]

People are already taking care of their wolf problems

That's a third 'S' violation. 

[mulehunter]

People are already taking care of their wolf problems, going to WDFW has been a total waste of time.

I kind of think WDFW are worried about their out of control wolf population and their refusal to confirm wolf packs having a back lash shortly. And WA is turning into Idaho etc. in attitude concerning wolf management programs of their own.

      

[Cap.Silver]

Somehow I can't figure out where will the compensation money come from ,anyone ?

[deaner]

somehow i cant figure out why these meetings are being held in olympia and marysville

[Elkaholic daWg]

somehow i cant figure out why these meetings are being held in olympia and marysville

That, and that Oct 2 meeting looks bought and paid for......

[JJB11B]

Hold a meeting like that in Stevens County, Ferry County, Okenogan county ETC

[deaner]

seems to me like it would make more sense to have a meeting about wolves depredating on livestock where it actually happens, instead of hundreds of miles away for people who dont have to ever deal with it as a part of their lives

[wolfbait]

Hold a meeting like that in Stevens County, Ferry County, Okenogan county ETC

WDFW don't like having meetings where they get told what they can do with there wolves, they would rather hold meetings where the majority of those attending don't have to contend with wolves killing their livestock or chitting in their yard.

[KFhunter]

Hold a meeting like that in Stevens County, Ferry County, Okenogan county ETC

WDFW don't like having meetings where they get told what they can do with there wolves, they would rather hold meetings where the majority of those attending don't have to contend with wolves killing their livestock or chitting in their yard.

that...and Stevens CO is a lost cause.  Minds are made up, lines drawn and crossed.

[bearpaw]

Hold a meeting like that in Stevens County, Ferry County, Okenogan county ETC

WDFW don't like having meetings where they get told what they can do with there wolves, they would rather hold meetings where the majority of those attending don't have to contend with wolves killing their livestock or chitting in their yard.

that...and Stevens CO is a lost cause.  Minds are made up, lines drawn and crossed.

A few short years ago people had more open minds in Stevens County, the new mindset here is the result of the actions of WDFW. As wolves invade additional counties and the WDFW denies the truths about wolves, more counties will be changed like has happened in Stevens County. This meeting in western WA is a perfect example of why the people in Stevens County feel the way they do. Sadly WDFW probably don't even care, all they are concerned about is satisfying the millions of west side wolf worshippers whom they view as a cash cow.

[pianoman9701]

Somehow I can't figure out where will the compensation money come from ,anyone ?

Why, from PR fund and license fees, of course. Just like most of the reintroduction money back in 1996, they're using the money of hunters and sportsmen to fund their own demise.