Idaho has issued its first season’s worth of livestock depredation claim payments under state legislation that broadens eligibility. Last year’s House Bill 592 established a fund to pay livestock ...

Idaho rancher Jay Smith has a wolf problem. Over the last 20 years, Smith said wolves have killed more than 200 of his cattle and caused major financial harm to his family’s business.

Idaho’s wolf population likely is down by about one-third since 2021, according to state Department of Fish and Game officials. Aug. 1 estimates included about 1,550 wolves from 2019 to 2021 followed ...

A member of Wapiti Lake Pack is photographed near the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park in July 2020. The Wapiti is one of nine packs living in Yellowstone as of December 2024. Jim Peaco ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. gray wolf in the snowy forest The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is making changes to how it estimates Idaho's wolf population.

BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) – Thirty years after wolves were brought back from near extinction in the U.S. Rocky Mountains, the state of Idaho is back in the wolf-killing business. Based on direction ...

Idaho’s latest wolf estimate suggests the population decreased slightly last year. Matt Mumma, wildlife research manager for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, told the state Fish and Game ...

A file photo shows a wolf at Yellowstone National Park nursing pups outside their den. Records from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game showed three pups likely around a month old were shot and ...

Ranchers Jay and Chyenne Smith raise Black Angus cattle near the tiny town of Carmen, Idaho. The ranch is located just over the ridge from one of the original sites of wolf reintroduction, and the ...