Federal judge rules in favor of controversial wolf hunts in Montana, IdahoSeptember 9th, 2009 Federal judge says gray wolf hunts can continueBILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge said Wednesday that gray wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies can go on, denying a request by environmentalists and animal welfare groups to stop the first organized wolf hunts in decades in Idaho and Montana.
US judge raises questions about removal of gray wolves from endangered list in Idaho, MontanaSeptember 9th, 2009 Judge faults removal of wolf from endangered listBILLINGS, Mont. — Hunters can keep stalking gray wolves for now in the Northern Rockies, but the killing may be short-lived after a federal judge found problems with the recent removal of the animal from the endangered species list.
Federal judge says gray wolf hunts OK in Idaho, MontanaSeptember 9th, 2009 Federal judge says wolf hunts OK in Idaho, MontanaBILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge said gray wolf hunts can go on for the first time in decades in the Northern Rockies, just months after the animals were removed from the endangered species list.
First hunter to report Idaho wolf kill gets harassing phone callsSeptember 3rd, 2009 Idaho hunter bad-mouthed after wolf killLEWISTON, Idaho — The first hunter to report a wolf kill in Idaho says he's been flooded with nasty messages. Robert Millage of Kamiah said he's been called a wolf murderer, a fat redneck and other names in about 50 phone calls and hundreds of e-mails.
Idaho's wolf hunt off to slow start as federal judge eyes request to haltSeptember 1st, 2009 Idaho's wolf hunt on for nowBOISE, Idaho — The first legal wolf hunt in decades in the lower 48 states is off to a slow start. Hunters in Idaho could begin shooting wolves just before sunrise Tuesday in select hunting districts in the central and northern mountains.
First public wolf hunt in decades under way in lower 48, judge eyes request to haltSeptember 1st, 2009 Wolf hunt is on in Idaho _ for nowBOISE, Idaho — Gray wolves were back in the cross hairs of hunters on Tuesday, just months after they were removed from the federal endangered species list and eight decades since being hunted to extinction across the Northern Rockies. Hunters in Idaho began stalking gray wolves in a handful of districts in the central and northern mountains.
Wolf hunts to open in Northern Rockies as judge considers request to halt killingAugust 31st, 2009 Wolf hunts to open, judge eyes injunction requestMISSOULA, Mont. — Gray wolf hunting was set to begin in the Northern Rockies, even as a federal judge eyed a request to stop the killing of the predators just four months after they were removed from the endangered species list.
Wolf hunts to proceed in Northern Rockies as judge weighs request to stop themAugust 31st, 2009 Wolf hunts are on, but it's uncertain for how longMISSOULA, Mont. — Wolf hunting will begin in the Northern Rockies as a federal judge weighs a request by environmental and animal welfare groups to stop the predators from being killed.
Fate of Rocky Mountain wolf hunts in Idaho, Montana in federal judge's handsAugust 31st, 2009 Fate of MT, ID wolf hunts in federal judge's handsBOISE, Idaho — Greg Wooten says shooting a Rocky Mountain wolf won't be easy, even if a federal judge doesn't blow apart the hunting season before it starts. Wooten, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game's assistant chief of law enforcement, has seen wolves within shooting range only in two years since 1995, when they were reintroduced to the state's central mountains.
Conservation groups urge federal judge to block next month's wolf hunts in Idaho, MontanaAugust 21st, 2009 Groups try to block Idaho, Montana wolf huntsMISSOULA, Mont. — Conservation groups are asking a federal judge in Missoula to block fall wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana.
Mother's boyfriend arrested in case of Idaho boy found dead in canalAugust 19th, 2009 Mother's boyfriend jailed in death of Idaho boyBOISE, Idaho — An Idaho newspaper is reporting that police have made an arrest in connection with the disappearance and death of 8-year-old Robert Manwill. The Idaho Statesman says Daniel Ehrlick Jr.
Mother, boyfriend arrested in case of Idaho boy found dead in canalAugust 19th, 2009 Mother, boyfriend arrested in death of Idaho boyBOISE, Idaho — The mother of an 8-year-old boy found dead in an Idaho canal and her live-in boyfriend have been indicted by an Ada County grand jury on first-degree murder charges. Thirty-year-old Melissa Jenkins and her boyfriend, 36-year-old Daniel Ehrlick Jr., were arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of Jenkins' son, Robert Manwill.
Settlement returns upper Great Lakes gray wolves to endangered list, at least temporarilyJune 30th, 2009 Great Lakes wolves returning to endangered listTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — More than 4,000 gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region are going back on the federal endangered species list — at least temporarily.
Lawsuits over hunting of gray wolves filed in federal courts in Montana, WyomingJune 2nd, 2009 Lawsuits over wolf hunting filed in Mont., Wyo.BILLINGS, Mont. — A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region's wolves heads to courts in Wyoming and Montana.
After endangered status stripped, gray wolf hunting to start this fall _ except in WyomingMay 3rd, 2009 Wolves no longer protected in Northern RockiesBILLINGS, Mont. — Wolves in parts of the Northern Rockies and the Great Lakes region come off the endangered species list on Monday, opening them to public hunts in some states for the first time in decades.