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Dec 9, 2011
Idaho Fish & Game plans to enlist government trappers and helicopter gunners
State targets Lolo wolves By ERIC BARKER of the Lewiston Tribune |
An Idaho Department of Fish and Game official said Thursday the state will use aerial gunning and professional and government trappers to kill wolves in the Lolo Zone, even as public hunting and trapping seasons continue.
Dave Cadwallader, supervisor of the department's Clearwater Region, said he wants a multipronged approach to wolf control in the difficult-to-access area where elk herds are hurting.
My goal is not to wait," he said. "Let's layer all of those tools over the top of each other and try to implement each of them."
The department's conservation officers who patrol the Lochsa River portion of the Lolo Zone are poised to begin trapping efforts in the next several days. The department is seeking to hire an experienced wolf trapper from Alaska or Canada to work in the more remote North Fork Clearwater basin, and plans to enlist the help of federal agents from the Wildlife Services agency in a helicopter- gunning exercise later this winter.
Tom Keegan
IDFG Salmon Region Wildlife Manager
