Posted on 02/22/2007 7:35:39 PM PST by george76
Residents in Bingham County have started a local chapter of the Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition, which is collecting signatures to once again try to get an initiative to ban gray wolves from Idaho on the ballot.
The group failed to gather enough signatures to get a similar initiative on the ballot last year.
Coalition Chairman Ron Gillett of Stanley said the group's new goal is to gather 100,000 signatures. He also has instructed petition carriers to make certain that everyone who signs is a registered voter.
In 2006, the group collected more than 40,000 signatures in six weeks before running out of time and falling short of the required 45,893 signatures. Organizers also learned that many signatures proved to be worthless because the signers were not registered voters.
"If we could get that many signatures in six weeks, I don't think we'll have any problem getting the 45,893 we need by April 30, 2008," Gillett said.
The initiative may be the only opportunity to reverse efforts by the U.S.. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore wolf populations to Idaho, he said.
"Don't think our Legislature is going to be successful in getting wolves delisted as a protected species and have a hunting season on them, because it's not going to happen," he said. "The wolf lovers won't let it. It's up to us to save Idaho's game herds. But we don't need to let somebody in California or New York tell us what to do in Idaho."
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Wolves are protected so much that the game animals of South Central are scarce enough that some Alaskan hunters actually go to other States for game.
I thought that Wyoming was hanging up the agreements ?
Was Wyoming's claim that wolves outside of Yellowstone could be considered a pest and shot on sight if the Wyoming state government decided to pass such a law ?
or drive over to Canada ?
Driving to Canada is quite a trip. Air travel is very popular.
I was trying to see if Eska was around.
He lives pretty close to the border and everyone in his area apparently goes back and forth alot.
He apparently drives his snowmobile, etc. up the frozen rivers sometimes.
The Pebble Mine, proposed, is estimated to hold $200 billion of copper and gold and would be the world's second largest copper mine, but the Greenies are all over this.
The new Alaska Admin is also tending to restrict hunting, especially bear in a region that has plenty of bear, so the tourists can see bear and Alaska's image will be enhanced. There are Conservatives in the State, but they are a voice in the wilderness.
they could put tons of the bears in denali for the tourists to see..then let the locals decide the rest.
I know that will never happen because the eco-nuts ignore science in their decisions...and only use pc politics as their base for any decision.
sss seems the best policy.
Sad but true...
The Great Alaska Development Freeze began when coal was discovered somewhere around the Copper River about 1890 and the development was immediately shut down by Gov't decree. Got to wonder why Prudhoe was allowed development.
"try to get an initiative to ban gray wolves from Idaho on the ballot."
Who wants to get gray wolves from Idaho on the ballot?
It seems to get colder as you go toward the interior from one valley to the next. It is a mere -38 here at the base of the Tanana-Yukon uplands.
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