Federal Agency Taking Comments On Predator Killing In Idaho. According to Associated Press, “A plan to kill wolves and other predators that attack livestock, deer and elk in Idaho is the subject of an environmental study that will include public comment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. ‘We’re going into this with the intent of taking a fresh look at all the different issues, and that’s what we hope to get from the public,’ said Kirk Gustad, the Agriculture Department’s project manager for the Idaho EIS. Comments will be taken until July 10. A federal judge ordered the review last year after ruling the Agriculture Department’s Wildlife Services agency violated environmental laws by not providing the justification to expand killing of mountain lions, coyotes, bears and other predators. Western Watersheds Project and other conservation groups sued in 2017, contending the agency needed the extensive study to better understand the ramifications. The Agriculture Department said the environmental impact statement will replace a 2016 assessment that was the subject of the lawsuit. The agency said it will also use the new environmental impact statement to replace its 2011 wolf environmental assessment that guides its wolf-killing decisions in Idaho, which is the subject of a separate federal lawsuit.” [Associated Press, 6/11/19 (=)]

 

 

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