courtesy of Ag Weekly
by Deb Courson
While Idaho’s Congressional delegation is taking up wolf de-listing at the federal level, an on-the-ground project demonstrating effective, non-lethal methods of managing wolves to protect sheep in the Wood River Valley is receiving a new round of support.
Blaine County commissioners have issued a letter requesting that the Wood River Wolf Project continue, and they want to see it expand. Commissioner Larry Schoen says it’s just the kind of research that is needed to add to the toolbox in managing wolves.
“It has shown that non-lethal control can work. We still need to promote acceptance of that fact. What the project hasn’t done yet is demonstrate the economics of it.”
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