Wyoming wolf management plan divides locals
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Just about everyone in western Wyoming agrees that things will change if a long-awaited wolf agreement between the federal government and the state is approved.
But there are drastically different viewpoints from local residents about whether the area will benefit from or be hurt by the plan, which would remove the state’s roughly 340 wolves from the endangered-species list and put them under state control.
Ranchers and outfitters say state management of wolves, which would allow unregulated killing of the animals in all but the northwest corner of the state, can’t come soon enough. Wolves have killed off their livestock and decimated moose and elk herds in the region, they say, and the federal government has, until now, prevented them from doing anything about it.
But Teton County officials and business leaders worry that allowing wolf killings would generate bad publicity and hurt the region’s vitally important tourism business. There are also concerns about how wise it is to allow unregulated wolf shootings in southern Teton County, where once-wild areas are being converted into subdivisions.
Under the so-called dual-status plan, agreed to last week by the state of Wyoming and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, wolves in the northwest part of the state would be protected as trophy game, meaning they could be hunted only with a license.
The plan also establishes a flex zone covering northern Sublette and Lincoln counties, as well as southern Teton County, in which wolves would be protected only from Oct. 15 until the end of the following February so they can connect with other wolves in Idaho.
In the rest of the state, wolves would be considered predators and could be killed on sight, as long as the death is reported to the state.
According to the plan, Wyoming would be required to maintain 100 wolves, including 10 breeding pairs, outside Yellowstone National Park.
The 60 or so wolves in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks — which includes five to six breeding pairs — would be delisted but wouldn’t be under state control.
The agreement now has to be approved by Fish and Wildlife, as well as state legislators and wildlife officials.
In Star Valley, which is divided almost in half between the flex zone area and the predator area, several landowners said they’re glad something’s finally been done to curb a rapidly spreading wolf population.
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Ranchers and outfitters say state management of wolves, which would allow unregulated killing of the animals in all but the northwest corner of the state, can't come soon enough. Wolves have killed off their livestock and decimated moose and elk herds
The commissioners said their aim is to lower the number of conflicts between wolves and livestock in the state and to end wolf-caused declines of elk in some parts of Idaho where outfitters have complained they are losing clients because of
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Wolves have been at the center of a bitter debate since they were reintroduced to the region in the mid-1990s over the objections of ranchers and commercial outfitters, who said the animals prey on cattle and compete with hunters for elk.
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