As Idaho changes to a totally new method for counting wolves, officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game have ...

Thirty years after wolves were brought back from near extinction in the U.S. Rocky Mountains, the state of Idaho is back in ...

Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists estimate the state’s wolf population at 1,235 as of May 2024, down 7.35% from ...

Officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game estimated the wolf population in Idaho to be about 1,235 wolves as of May 2024, which state officials said Thursday is a decrease of almost 100 ...

The estimates show wolf numbers peak in May due to new pups being born, but the numbers start to decline afterwards due to ...

Idaho’s latest wolf estimate suggests the population increased slightly last year. Matt Mumma, wildlife research manager for Game, told the state Fish and Game Commission at its meeting in Coeur ...

In March of 2024, a federal judge ordered Idaho to alter its wolf harvest rules to ensure grizzly bears are not ...

According to the Idaho Gray Wolf Management Plan 2023-2028, the state’s goal is to reduce that population down from the estimated average of 1,270 wolves to a new average of about 500, with a ...

"So clearly, they're a threat to grizzly bears as well." The wolf trapping restriction impacts North, Central and Eastern Idaho, hitting during the non-denning season in Spring.

Other than the population, there was relatively little change in several other wolf statistics. As has been the case since wolves migrated into the state from Idaho in 1999, the majority of the ...

The plan next goes to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission for approval. The commission is scheduled to meet March 6 to vote on the Idaho Wolf Population Management Plan 2008-2012.

The wolf trapping restriction impacts North, Central and Eastern Idaho, hitting during the non-denning season in Spring. Conservationists say the move is crucial for the state's protected grizzly ...