| Agencies ask for info on wolves
(Note: "Hey, peons! We expect you to do our work for us, to show us how successful we are at stepping on your heads with our Wildlands Project. Do be sure to let us know how far out our large, non-native, invasive predators are roaming, so we'll be able to gauge just how well our large predator reinfestation program is doing! Heh, heh, heh!) September 20, 2003 The Idaho Statesman Boise, Idaho To submit a Letter to the Editor: editorial@idahostatesman.com The Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nez Perce Tribe are asking hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts to report wolf sightings. The agencies are interested in sightings, howlings, and multiple tracks, a news release from the F&G said. They will use the reported information to get collared animals into new packs so they can track their activities. Observers can call, mail or log on to the F&G Web site to give their names, phone numbers, date of their wolf encounter, how many they saw, what color they were, the exact location of the wolves when they saw them, and whether they saw a radio collar. The Web site is: http://www2.state.id.us/fishgame/info/programsinfo/wolves/online_report.cfm (Note from BF: I thought they knew to the exact # how many wolves they had in each recovery area. Wolf E.I.S and management plans as well as public press releases by Baghdad Bob Ed Bangs, Mack, and Doug Smith have a very specific; 663 wolves in 3 recovery zones.Delisting is based on exact numbers. 'Take permits' are issued, based on exact numbers. Delisting was based on exact numbers. Lethal cotrol is based on exact numbers. Doug Smith, Yellowstone Parks' Chief Wolf biologist, in a public meeting on September 5, 2003, in Missoula, Montana, admitted that, because of a lack of funding, many wolves over a period of several years are uncollared -- yet the wolf bureaucracy, speaking with metaphysical certainty, tells their accomplices in the press that Idaho has 263 wolves, Montana has 183 and Wyoming has 217 and forces the Tri-States to enter into 'wolf management plans' that bind our citizens forever, while blackmailing state wildlife agencies and executive branches that, if they don't play 'wolf ball,' federal funds will be withheld.) |