IDFG: Idaho wolves will remain under state control
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game's most recent wolf population estimate from spring 2024 is 1,235 wolves, which is well above the recovery goal of 150 wolves.
File photo courtesy of Gary Kramer/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Despite a federal judge’s recent ruling that calls for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider whether gray wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, Idaho’s wolves will remain under state authority, according to Idaho Fish and Game.
This week, Judge Donald W. Molloy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana found that the federal agency used flawed state data in analyzing the threats faced by wolves and wrongly denied ESA protections to gray wolves in the West.
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