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HCR053....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
WOLF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN - Stating findings of the Legislature
and stating intent to accept the Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management
Plan dated March 2000 so the plan may be made available for public comment
and returned to the Idaho Wolf Oversight Committee for final review and
submitted to the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho
Legislature.
03/17 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/20 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
03/22 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rules susp - ADOPTED - 64-0-6
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Boe, Bruneel,
Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader,
Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman,
Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Trail,
Wheeler, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Black, Crow, Henbest, Reynolds, Tilman, Wood
Floor Sponsor - Linford
Title apvd - to Senate
03/24 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
HCR053
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 53
BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND ITS INTENT TO ACCEPT THE IDAHO WOLF
3 CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN DATED MARCH 2000, SO THE PLAN MAY BE MADE
4 AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND RETURNED TO THE IDAHO WOLF OVERSIGHT COM-
5 MITTEE FOR FINAL REVIEW AND SUBMISSION TO THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE
6 FIFTY-SIXTH IDAHO LEGISLATURE.
7 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 WHEREAS, the process for removing gray wolves (Canis lupus) from the list
9 of endangered species (delisting) under the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C.
10 1531 et seq., requires that a state have in place an adequate regulatory mech-
11 anism to ensure that gray wolves will not again become threatened or endan-
12 gered; and
13 WHEREAS, the regulatory mechanism developed by the state must contain a
14 management plan which will be used by the state when the U.S. Fish and Wild-
15 life Service decides to delist gray wolves; and
16 WHEREAS, the management plan must be approved by the U.S. Fish and Wild-
17 life Service; and
18 WHEREAS, the management plan must provide appropriate guidance to Idaho
19 officials to assure that this large, aggressive predator will not again be
20 petitioned to be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Spe-
21 cies Act; and
22 WHEREAS, it is critical to the state that the management plan also provide
23 maximum protection for other important interests, such as game populations,
24 domestic livestock, and private property interests; and
25 WHEREAS, successful management of gray wolves after they are delisted will
26 require an exceptional degree of cooperation and coordination among the states
27 of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming; and
28 WHEREAS, the Idaho Wolf Oversight Committee has worked for countless hours
29 to bring a gray wolf management plan to the Idaho Legislature for consider-
30 ation.
31 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
32 sion of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
33 the Senate concurring therein, that it is the intent of the Legislature to
34 accept, with appreciation for the work of the Idaho Wolf Oversight Committee,
35 the Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management Plan dated March 2000, so that the
36 plan may be submitted to the public for examination, criticism and comments
37 and returned to the Idaho Wolf Oversight Committee for final review and sub-
38 mission to the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature.
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This resolution puts in place a draft State Wolf Management Plan prior to a public
comment process.
The State Wolf Oversight Committee has developed this draft plan after many
months of work as part of the process required by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service in the delisting of wolves in Idaho. Delisting will be necessary in order for
Idaho to have authority to permanently manage these predators.
After a period of public comment, this plan will return to the Legislature for final
approval.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be some fiscal impact to the Department of Fish and Game.
Contact
Name: Rep. Linford
Sen. Noh
Phone: (208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 53