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ID HCR043
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Legislature declares that wolf population conditions constitute an emergency for rural Idaho residents
- Wolf populations have grown to over eight times the number designated for species recovery with no effective management plan in place
- Resolution encourages the Governor to declare a state of emergency and authorize the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to use any legal means to reduce wolves to recovery-designated levels
- Resolution cites concerns including uncompensated livestock and pet predation losses, threats to human safety including children, impacts on rural culture and hunting livelihoods, and hindrance to elk population recovery for hunters
- Legislature references Governor Jim Risch's 2006 Executive Order regarding domestic elk escape as precedent for emergency declarations affecting wildlife
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature that existing conditions relating to wolves define an emergency condition for all rural Idahoans and, in the face of this emergency, the Legislature encourages the Governor of the state of Idaho to declare that a state of emergency exists in Idaho and to authorize and require the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to use any means to reduce wolf numbers to those designated for recovery of the species.
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Last Action
to Res/Con
2/17/2010
Committee Referrals
Resources and Conservation2/17/2010
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