Pantheraman
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"Idaho Department of Fish and Game Director Jim Fredericks declined Colorado Parks and Wildlife's request for wolves in a June 6 letter, which was first reported by Denver's KUSA-TV. Fredericks cited frustrations with federal restrictions on managing Idaho's wolves, "unacceptable impacts" of wolves on elk and deer populations and mistrust between conservation groups, ranchers and others because of disagreements of how to handle the species."
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-western-state-wont-wolves-colorado.html
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the actual reason other states don't want to give Colorado wolves is because of the planned measure to aid ranchers in coexisting with the reintroduced wolves. The state's governor signed a pair of bills, one creates a compensation fund for depredations while the other creates a new license plate called the "Born to Be Wild" plate which will help ranchers get the non-lethal tools that are expensive. And this is something no other state has tried to do. (check here: 'BORN TO BE WILD' Colorado Wolf License Plate – Colorado's Wolf License Plate is 'Born To Be Wild')
And the other Rocky Mountain states that have recently gone on wolf-killing sprees see this and don't want to give Colorado wolves because they worry this program will be successful and as a result, people will be even more against the idea of killing wolves since more people would see it as being pointless. And let's not kid ourselves, they've made it blatantly obvious they don't want wolves on the landscape, but can't wipe them out completely to keep from getting in trouble at the federal level.
And as for the "unacceptable impacts on elk and deer" well, this speaks for itself: Elk hunters should find plenty of elk in most of the state
" Idaho's general, any-weapon elk seasons are getting underway, and rifle hunters are following archers in pursuit of one of Idaho's most prized game, and they can look forward to healthy herds in most parts of the state. "
"Fish and Game Deer/Elk Coordinator Toby Boudreau believes we will see much of the same, if not better conditions for elk this fall.
Elk populations are stable-to-increasing. With better science and more camera estimates, I think we are trending to more elk than we’ve ever seen in Idaho,” he said."
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-western-state-wont-wolves-colorado.html
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the actual reason other states don't want to give Colorado wolves is because of the planned measure to aid ranchers in coexisting with the reintroduced wolves. The state's governor signed a pair of bills, one creates a compensation fund for depredations while the other creates a new license plate called the "Born to Be Wild" plate which will help ranchers get the non-lethal tools that are expensive. And this is something no other state has tried to do. (check here: 'BORN TO BE WILD' Colorado Wolf License Plate – Colorado's Wolf License Plate is 'Born To Be Wild')
And the other Rocky Mountain states that have recently gone on wolf-killing sprees see this and don't want to give Colorado wolves because they worry this program will be successful and as a result, people will be even more against the idea of killing wolves since more people would see it as being pointless. And let's not kid ourselves, they've made it blatantly obvious they don't want wolves on the landscape, but can't wipe them out completely to keep from getting in trouble at the federal level.
And as for the "unacceptable impacts on elk and deer" well, this speaks for itself: Elk hunters should find plenty of elk in most of the state
" Idaho's general, any-weapon elk seasons are getting underway, and rifle hunters are following archers in pursuit of one of Idaho's most prized game, and they can look forward to healthy herds in most parts of the state. "
"Fish and Game Deer/Elk Coordinator Toby Boudreau believes we will see much of the same, if not better conditions for elk this fall.
Elk populations are stable-to-increasing. With better science and more camera estimates, I think we are trending to more elk than we’ve ever seen in Idaho,” he said."