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Environmental groups are appealing a federal court ruling that a federal agency doesn't need to do a new environmental study before being allowed to kill more wolves in Idaho.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials say a seven-member wolf pack has been detected in the Boise foothills north of the state's capital city.

As one cattle owner told me if we eliminate grazing here then more beef farming will take place in the Amazon and destroy rain forest.

You could tie some steak around your neck and go looking for a pack or you could train to trap wolves the right way.

KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Fish and Game Commission is considering several changes to hunting rules, including allowing the use of bait to hunt wolves.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials say the way they count wolves is too expensive and falls far short of an actual population estimate, so they plan to switch to a model that uses information gathered from hunters.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by environmental groups involving a wolf- and coyote-shooting contest in Idaho as part of a settlement agreement that requires federal officials to notify the groups if another contest is planned.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Idaho to destroy all information collected from collars placed on elk and wolves obtained illegally by landing a helicopter in a central Idaho wilderness area.

A couple of great friends gave us updates on law enforcement and fish and game.  Sgt. Ken Mencl joined us from the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Department.  He talked road and water safety as well as the public reaction following the killing of 5 police officers in Dallas, Texas...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Five conservation groups on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in Idaho seeking to stop a federal agency from killing wolves in the state until a new environmental analysis is prepared.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana's wildlife commissioners have rejected a proposed increase in the number of gray wolves that can be killed in an area bordering Yellowstone National Park.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials want to triple the number of gray wolves hunters and trappers can kill in an area bordering Yellowstone National Park.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Gray wolf numbers rose across most of the Northern Rockies last year, reaching their highest level since federal officials reintroduced the predators to the region two decades ago.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — State wildlife staff have shot and killed four wolves in eastern Oregon because the animals attacked livestock in recent weeks.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife officials say they've never seen anything quite like it: A pack of wolves killed 19 elk in a herd in western Wyoming and didn't stick around to eat.

If you haven't heard, The US Forest Service is investigating after Idaho officials reported inadvertently putting tracking collars on four wolves during recent helicopter flights into a central Idaho wilderness restricted to putting collars on elk.

Who knew?  I received this news release from some circus act implying Idaho Fish and Game wants to kill wolves.  After all, who in their right mind doesn't!  Enjoy: Idaho Breaks Agreement Using Helicopter Drops to Collar Wolves in Frank Church Wilderness Idaho Fish & Game Department could use collars to track and kill wolves in the wild Pocatello, ID— Today the Idaho Fish & Game Department

CASSIA COUNTY, Id. ( KMVT / KSVT ) Idaho fish and game officials are saying Gray Wolves have been heard howling in Cassia County, and they may be roaming the area.

A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit from conservationists that want to block wolf hunts.  Wednesday's ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals says Congress did have authority to intervene when it stropped protections from wolves last spring.

Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has offered to send Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber 150 wolves, saying his own state has a few of the predators to spare.  Monday's offer came in a tongue-in-cheek letter where Otter sarcastically apologized to Kitzhaber after an Idaho hunter killed a wolf from an Oregon pack that strayed across Idaho's border to the east...