Fireworks At Fish And Wildlife Commission Meeting On Wolf Rules
There was distinctly different body language and audibly different tones in the voices of panel members and WDFW staffers as they spoke this afternoon about whether to adopt more binding rules around conflict prevention measures and lethal removals, the science around killing wolves, and how seriously the agency takes its role in managing the species’ recolonization and its impacts on cattle producers and others.
Year 2 Of Blue Mountain Elk Calf Captures Fall Short Of Goal
Year two of WDFW’s elk calf capture-collar effort in the Blue Mountains has wrapped up but it fell short of the project’s goal, with only 102 of the young wapiti outfitted with a tracking device as the agency studies the reasons why so many are dying.