The conservationists need to put there efforts towards helping the needy in this country instead of wasting more money on the wolfs.
What a bunch of idiots

DoW will have to find another animal to "save" to generate donations, or go get real jobs. The wolf is doing just fine. Our wolf population just doubled with pups born this spring. Wolves belong in the wilderness, not in our towns.

Pete Zager is referring to the 2008 season. I.F.G and the Rocky Mountain elk foundation are as credible as the Sierra Club.. I.F.G. cannot be believed because their in business to sell elk tags.. Thousands of hunters on the ground disagree with I.F.G. and the harvest reporting data which is collected by F.W.S. estimations..We have learned that F.W.S. is not credible either. Neither are the wolf rights crowd credible..I.F.G. admits wolves are the problem in 2 specific hunt units..And the truth is their the problem in all hunt units..Better not tell the hunters though, then tag sales for ungulates drop fast..Idaho's hunting dollars are moving to Colorado..Several tag reductions have occurred and I.F.G. try's to sell non-resident tags to residents..You go ahead and trust those cooked books..Us folks on the ground and actually seeing the debacle first hand know better..

Goth: I suggest that you get your information from someone other than Peter Zager, if you have quoted him accurately. (1) Idaho elk herds are not declining. In fact they have increased by 12% from 102,701 in 2007 to 115,000 in 2009, according to both Idaho Fish & Game (IDF&G) official numbers & the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. (2) Hunters killed 19,150 elk in 2007 & kill rates have been steady at 18-20%, according to Dave Spicer of IDF&G (Spokesman Review, 2/22/08.

Right out of the Idaho Fish and Games horses arse mouth..The report was presented by Idaho Fish and Game Department wildlife biologist Pete Zager.
"I'd like to tell you we have this ungulate-wolf thing figured out," he said as the audience of scientists eased into educated smiles. "But that's not the case."
While scientists are trying to gather data and study the options for finding a balance between wolf recovery and prey sustainability, wildlife managers are under public pressure to make decisions.
Zager said researchers don't have all the information they need, but they realize "we've got to get rolling and make decisions based on the information we have."
Here's what researchers know for sure about elk and wolves in Idaho, he said:
-- Elk herds are declining.
-- Wolf packs are growing -- well above original objectives.
-- The number of elk harvested by hunters has been declining, from around 25,000 in the mid-1990s, when wolves were reintroduced to the Northern Rocky Mountains, to roughly 15,000 last year.
-- Elk hunting seasons and quotas have been reduced for 2009, but the impacts of wolves are likely to go unchecked.
-- Wolf management through hunting is scheduled to begin this fall, but likely will be challenged in court by animal protection groups.
-- Wolves have become the most important factor in predation on elk.
However, they're not the only factor.
"Wolves have given cougars a huge favor by taking the spotlight. Cougars are still a significant factor (in elk mortality)."
-- Forest fire suppression also is a factor in elk declines.
-- The effects of wolves on elk vary dramatically in various game management units.
Bottom line: "We still need to be monitoring wolves and elk like crazy," Zager said.
Jim Hagedorn

A conservation group understands that it is important to manage wildlife and ecosystems that will sustain a yield long into the future. When one group puts all its focus on saving one thing, in this case the gray wolf, it is done so at the expense of other species putting those species in jeopardy of being able to sustain itself. That’s far from conservation. But that never stopped a good agenda-driven radical group from raising money while convincing the lazy media they are a conservation group.

Let’s face it. Calling someone like Defenders of Wildlife a conservation group sure sounds better than a left-wing radical organization. I’m not even sure they would qualify as a preservationist group, unless of course to preserve something means at the expense of any other living organism.

opps typo...
main purpose

The scientific evidence is overwhelming for delisting, it just doesn't agree with the wolf advocate agenda. It is becoming more transparent, the main porpose is to keep the contribution money rolling in to these groups.

Not a snowballs chance in Hades that the federal justices will disrespect the Obama Administrations' .."best available science".......bigger fish to fry with carbon emissions .

Sorry Honold / Wilcox ...game over, move to Alaska.