Although conservationists are celebrating a legal victory this week in their fight to restore protections for wolves in the West, wolves remain under state control in Idaho, where hunting and trapping ...

On May 6, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a gray wolf extermination bill into law that allows hunters, trappers — and even paid private contractors — to slaughter up to 90% of the wolves in Idaho. The ...

Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials disagree with Creel’s criticism, but acknowledged trail cam population estimation methods become less reliable when the number of images of wolves from the ...

Jul. 18—Idaho's latest wolf estimate suggests the population increased slightly last year. Matt Mumma, wildlife research manager for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, told the state Fish and Game ...

IDAHO - The wolves in Idaho will stay under state management despite a federal judge's recent ruling that could reopen discussions about their endangered status. The court has directed the U.S. Fish ...

BOISE, Idaho — Despite a recent federal court ruling that could reopen Endangered Species Act protections for wolves, Idaho still controls its wolf management — for now. "Idaho has managed a wolf ...

Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists estimate the state’s wolf population at 1,235 as of May 2024, down 7.35% from 1,333 a year earlier. Other estimated totals for May were 1,642 for 2019, ...

A member of Wapiti Lake Pack is photographed near the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park in July 2020. The Wapiti is one of nine packs living in Yellowstone as of December 2024. Jim Peaco ...

The number of livestock killed by wolves in Idaho is on the decline, Idaho Department of Fish and Game Director Jim Fredericks told a committee of Idaho legislators Monday, Nov. 3. During a meeting of ...

Wolves are among Yellowstone's most popular sights – so popular and so closely watched they can become accustomed to seeing ...