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12-3-25

Nightly Battles & Big Losses: Ranchers Demand Reform as Wolves Continue to Wreak Havoc The title of this article says it all- Wolves must be managed!

12-1-25

Do Wolves Fix Ecosystems? Yellowstone’s Wolves & The Controversy Racking Ecologists Right Now

In this article as with many from Climate news, they focus mostly on Preservationists input and refuse to share the actual data from the US Fish and Wildlife Service which clearly shows wolf populations being at more than three times what we have suitable habitat to house. Another item you might notice is how they claim Legislation is what created the reimbursement program in 2021… Refusing to acknowledge how the Foundation for Wildlife Management was formed out of necessity back in 2011, by a grass roots group of passionate sportsmen striving to find a way to help the elk moose and caribou numbers that were being decimated by wolf overabundance.

Once again this article refuses to include the difference between “Preservation” management implemented in YNP, and the “Conservation” management implemented under State Control of wildlife where hunting is used to control prey abundance- not other predators. Furthermore – this large effort to cease introduction is expending energy that could be more effectively leveraged to work on obtaining the ability to manage the wolves in the State. They seem to forget that Idaho’s wolf problem started as just 35 wolves total… The cats out of the bag – Management is a much more important focus in our humble opinion. “There’s been controversy”

Where this article falls short is pointing out the extreme difference between the “Preservation” management implemented in YNP, and the “Conservation” management implemented under State Control of wildlife. Hunting is used to control prey abundance- not other predators. – Colorado Springs Gazette

Again – we commend the efforts of these folks trying desperately to stop this war on ranching, hunting, and our rural way of life… but its important to remember that Idaho’s entire wolf overabundance problem started with just 35 wolves. And with Colorado having three times more prey (elk) abundance than Idaho ever dreamed of having, those wolves will take off like a wildfire once they settle in and start breeding. We strongly encourage the focus to shift from trying to stop something that has already happened, and start focusing on what your going to do to maintain Game herd density and keep ranchers from going out of business.

An extensive list of organizations requesting a 1 year pause on wolf importation to allow for an operable livestock conflict mitigation and resolution plan to be implemented. While Colorado Wildlife Management officials say they want to get the transplant process completed in hopes of moving on to identify what the next step in the process might look like, many believe the cart is already in front of the horse.

It’s incredible to compare Wisconsin wolves with average pack sizes of 3 to 4 animals whose home ranges span 30 to 50 square miles… To the wolves we have here in Idaho and Montana that run in packs of 5 to 7 on average spanning 250 sq mile home ranges, and seem to weigh in around 20lbs heavier on average. Is the wolf that is in Wisconsin the wolf we started with? And have these transplanted Canadian Grey Wolves killed them off?

In this article, F4WM Executive Director Justin Webb is interviewed and discusses the impact of wolf hunting

The preservation extremists fought to list Mexican Grey Wolves as their own sub species… Yet here they are insisting we allow populations to grow by allowing Mexican wolves to breed with the Grey wolves disbursing down into the territory from the north country… So which is it? Are they their own sub species, or are they grey wolves that interbreed? You can claim one or the other but not both! And vandalism of ranches simply because of a ruling? All the above is representative of the mindset of those opposed to proper management of wildlife – “Lie to get your way – and if you don’t get your way- throw a temper tantrum and destroy innocent peoples belongings, all while claiming to be a victim” … It’s a sad world we are living in

“Warning: there is the sound of a gunshot in this piece,” announced an NPR host last week, before diving into the story of a new scientific study, claiming to show that wolf hunting doesn’t help ranchers in any meaningful way. “According to their data, hunters would have to kill roughly 14 wolves to save one cow,” said the host, Nathan Rott. “There’s an estimated 1,100 wolves in Montana, so if the state theoretically killed every one—which it cannot legally do—it would save roughly 78 cows.”

12-1-25

Do Wolves Fix Ecosystems? Yellowstone’s Wolves & The Controversy Racking Ecologists Right Now

In this article as with many from Climate news, they focus mostly on Preservationists input and refuse to share the actual data from the US Fish and Wildlife Service which clearly shows wolf populations being at more than three times what we have suitable habitat to house. Another item you might notice is how they claim Legislation is what created the reimbursement program in 2021… Refusing to acknowledge how the Foundation for Wildlife Management was formed out of necessity back in 2011, by a grass roots group of passionate sportsmen striving to find a way to help the elk moose and caribou numbers that were being decimated by wolf overabundance.

Once again this article refuses to include the difference between “Preservation” management implemented in YNP, and the “Conservation” management implemented under State Control of wildlife where hunting is used to control prey abundance- not other predators. Furthermore – this large effort to cease introduction is expending energy that could be more effectively leveraged to work on obtaining the ability to manage the wolves in the State. They seem to forget that Idaho’s wolf problem started as just 35 wolves total… The cats out of the bag – Management is a much more important focus in our humble opinion. “There’s been controversy”

Where this article falls short is pointing out the extreme difference between the “Preservation” management implemented in YNP, and the “Conservation” management implemented under State Control of wildlife. Hunting is used to control prey abundance- not other predators. – Colorado Springs Gazette

Again – we commend the efforts of these folks trying desperately to stop this war on ranching, hunting, and our rural way of life… but its important to remember that Idaho’s entire wolf overabundance problem started with just 35 wolves. And with Colorado having three times more prey (elk) abundance than Idaho ever dreamed of having, those wolves will take off like a wildfire once they settle in and start breeding. We strongly encourage the focus to shift from trying to stop something that has already happened, and start focusing on what your going to do to maintain Game herd density and keep ranchers from going out of business.

An extensive list of organizations requesting a 1 year pause on wolf importation to allow for an operable livestock conflict mitigation and resolution plan to be implemented. While Colorado Wildlife Management officials say they want to get the transplant process completed in hopes of moving on to identify what the next step in the process might look like, many believe the cart is already in front of the horse.

It’s incredible to compare Wisconsin wolves with average pack sizes of 3 to 4 animals whose home ranges span 30 to 50 square miles… To the wolves we have here in Idaho and Montana that run in packs of 5 to 7 on average spanning 250 sq mile home ranges, and seem to weigh in around 20lbs heavier on average. Is the wolf that is in Wisconsin the wolf we started with? And have these transplanted Canadian Grey Wolves killed them off?

In this article, F4WM Executive Director Justin Webb is interviewed and discusses the impact of wolf hunting

The preservation extremists fought to list Mexican Grey Wolves as their own sub species… Yet here they are insisting we allow populations to grow by allowing Mexican wolves to breed with the Grey wolves disbursing down into the territory from the north country… So which is it? Are they their own sub species, or are they grey wolves that interbreed? You can claim one or the other but not both! And vandalism of ranches simply because of a ruling? All the above is representative of the mindset of those opposed to proper management of wildlife – “Lie to get your way – and if you don’t get your way- throw a temper tantrum and destroy innocent peoples belongings, all while claiming to be a victim” … It’s a sad world we are living in

“Warning: there is the sound of a gunshot in this piece,” announced an NPR host last week, before diving into the story of a new scientific study, claiming to show that wolf hunting doesn’t help ranchers in any meaningful way. “According to their data, hunters would have to kill roughly 14 wolves to save one cow,” said the host, Nathan Rott. “There’s an estimated 1,100 wolves in Montana, so if the state theoretically killed every one—which it cannot legally do—it would save roughly 78 cows.”