https://freerepublic.com/tag/wolfmanagement/ en-us Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:34:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2328154/posts Wolf specialist Ed Bangs, pictured collaring a gray wolf, says the species has fully recovered in the Northern Rocky Mountain states. (Full-size photo) Some tough love – including regulated hunting – is needed to carve a permanent niche for wolves reintroduced to the Northern Rocky Mountains, say leading wolf authorities in this region and beyond. Social and political factors of wolf management are as important as biology in wolf survival, they say.On the eve of the first gray wolf hunting seasons in six decades in Idaho and Montana, passions are flaring at both extremes. Environmental groups on Monday will argue for a court... The Spokesman-Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2328154/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:34:10 GMT