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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 53 – Wolf conservation/management plan

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 53

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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

Bill Text


 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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                      RS 10294C1
     
     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