When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...

Negotiated rulemaking” is a process that takes roughly a year and includes two additional rounds of public comment before a revised and final proposal goes before the Idaho Legislature for approval.

BOISE, Idaho — Wolf trapping and snaring will be restricted across the majority of Idaho this Spring for the second year in a row, after a federal judge upheld a ruling that was challenged by the ...