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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Just for the record, I have a personal interest in the elk population of North Idaho, since I really like to eat elk meat. Frankly, I haven’t experienced any particular depletion in elk numbers in Latah County. Wayne, is absolutely right, the greatest predators of elk are people – me included. I support the re-introduction of wolves based in part on statements like the following from Washington State Department of fish and Wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Elk populations in other states (ID, MT, WY) with wolves have mostly remained stable, although some have declined in areas where wolves are one of several factors affecting numbers. Idaho Department of Fish and Game recently reported (August 2010) that elk populations are at or above management objectives in 23 of the state’s 29 elk management zones. A large five-year study of over 500 tagged cow elk in 11 management zones in that state found that hunter harvest was the leading cause of elk deaths in six zones and greatly outweighed wolf predation overall, which was significant in four zones. In the worst case (Lolo zone), deteriorating habitat and other factors contributed to the elk population declining by half from 1988 to 1998; after the arrival of wolves in 1998, the population dropped by another 70 percent. For the full report, see <a href="http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/news/fg_news/">http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/news/fg_news/</a>. Wolves can cause elk to spend more time in heavily forested areas, on steeper slopes, and at higher elevations than they did before wolves were present. These changes in behavior can contribute to the misimpression among some hunters that wolves have caused broad decreases in elk numbers. Wolf-caused declines in deer populations have not been reported in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.” <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/faq.html">http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/faq.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Reading the entire article before going ballistic in response to my inflammatory rhetoric might be a helpful way to negotiate this conversation. In the meantime, I believe that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife offers a reasonable, and scientifically based source of information as opposed to one offered by red necks with guns and a hysterical response to not harvesting an elk or deer last year. Sorry folks, shooting wolves under these circumstances is just not Justified.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rose Huskey<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Art Deco<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Shooting Wolves<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Rose,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The wolf controversy is similar to the birther controversy. A bunch of ignorant people supporting their anti-wolf position with lies, myths, and fear mongering tactics. There is a problem, but it has been greatly exaggerated, especially locally, and especially about the elk population whose greatest predators are human hunters and poachers.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Shooting from helicopters? Too bad the wolves can't shoot back!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>w.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt;margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" title="donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">Rosemary Huskey</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" title="vision2020@moscow.com">'Moscow Vision 2020'</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:55 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [Vision2020] Shooting Wolves<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I recognize that the reintroduction of wolves in Idaho is a hotly debated topic. Regardless, of one’s position in this ongoing argument, I am repulsed by the following statement. “ Aerial gunning of wolves in the Lolo Zone could begin "with all due haste," if the animals are delisted by the end of this week, said Idaho Fish and Game Director Virgil Moore at Lewiston this morning.” This is crackpottery and blood lust of the first degree. Shooting animals from a helicopter – I can’t imagine any genuine sportsman or woman who would want to be connected in any way with these despicable antics. Shades of the half-term governor Sarah Palin. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></body></html>