Gray Wolves Delisted, Idaho Wyoming and Montana Assume Management

Today is the big day. Are wolves really going to be delisted? I have not heard of any lawsuits or anything from the anit-groups to stop or prevent this from going through today. March 28, 2008 is the day that has been set for the Gray Wolf to be delisted and management control now falls on the state Fish and Game agencies. Idaho, Wyoming and Montana will now have control over the wolves and each state has a management plan in effect that has been approved by the Federal Government. Yes, that means hunting wolves is now here!

People who think that because wolves will now be managed and therefore hunted, this means the end to the wolves. Not the case at all. It just means that the state can now manage them just like they do all other big game animals. There are certain numbers of population that the states must maintain for wolf management or the wolves will fall back into an endangered species. The states are not dumb enough to let this happen, so wolves are here to stay. But we can now control them and trim some of their numbers down, especially in areas where they are way over populated and really causing a lot of damage to elk herds and to ranchers. The population objectives have been met and exceeded in every way and no longer need to be protected.

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