Wolves in Yellowstone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhnZvan_uT8&feature=share

There have been wolves in Yellowstone for a long time, man. Its the ones out roaming through public hunting lands that are the biggest concern.

Not just Yellowstone. We now have them in the Bighorns, too, as well as most of the rest of Wyoming. I'll bet some Montana and Idaho members will chime in on this, because they are thinning elk herds all around Yellowstone and for many miles around. We need to reintroduce a few of them on the mall in Washington, DC. Just my unbiased opinion.

Yellowstone is the least of MT's concern involving wolves. They have decimated deer and elk populations state wide.

In Oregon now too. Idaho has areas that are not like they used to be. These are very efficient predators. The ones in Oregon are the large timber wolves not the original ones that were once here. So, in that case they should be considered an "invasive species" and eradicated.

It was just about a decade ago when the Yellowstone herd at near 20,000 elk was considered a disaster waiting to happen (too many). Now the pendulum has swung too far the other way.

The states should manage all wildlife resources that reside in their states. Wyoming (and other states) restored antelope, elk, bighorn sheep, turkey, etc. not the feds. The money provided by the USFWS (PR funds) isn't government money by the way, it is your and my money paid when we purchase our equipment and supplies. The feds just gather and dole it out, acting like it is their money.

Frankly, the feds should stick to migratory waterfowl since the flyways cross so many state (and national) boundaries, and quit trying to second guess the state-based professionals.

The State of Washington recently announced that it to will join the wolf hoopla....

The goal is to establish 15 stable packs in the state before the wolf will be de-listed.

This is simply UN-BELIEVABLE based on what is going on in Idaho and Montana.

What are people thinking?

                 

Shoot straight, Shinken