BOISE--Idaho Fish and Game commissioners agreed to a five-year wolf management plan that sets up fall hunts with a goal of maintaining 512 to 732 wolves in Idaho.
The commissioners based those number on population counts in 2005 (512) and 2007 (732).
The state management plan hinges on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removing the wolves from Endangered Species Act protection in the coming weeks.
The plan calls for predation hunts in areas where elk and deer populations aren't meeting F&G goals with at least 15 to 20 breeding pairs free to roam Idaho, Montana, Wyoming.
The commissioners based those number on population counts in 2005 (512) and 2007 (732).
The state management plan hinges on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removing the wolves from Endangered Species Act protection in the coming weeks.
The plan calls for predation hunts in areas where elk and deer populations aren't meeting F&G goals with at least 15 to 20 breeding pairs free to roam Idaho, Montana, Wyoming.
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