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HJM005........................................by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
WOLF RECOVERY EFFORTS - Stating findings of the Legislature and calling for
and demanding that wolf recovery efforts in Idaho be discontinued
immediately and wolves be removed by whatever means necessary.
02/14 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
03/02 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/05 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/06 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 53-2-15
AYES -- Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel,
Campbell, Clark, Collins, Cuddy, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
Field(13), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Higgins,
Hornbeck, Kellogg, Kendell, Lake, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague,
Meyer, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Ridinger,
Roberts, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stone,
Swan(Hansen), Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young
NAYS -- Jaquet, Robison
Absent and excused -- Barraclough(Barraclough), Boe, Callister,
Chase, Crow, Deal, Field(20), Henbest, Jones, Kunz, Langford,
Montgomery, Raybould, Stevenson, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsors -- Barrett & Wood
Title apvd - to Senate
03/07 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/29 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
Rls susp - PASSED - 30-3-2
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Frasure, Geddes,
Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, Lee, Lodge, Noh, Richardson,
Risch, Sandy, Sims, Stegner, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
NAYS -- Dunklin, Schroeder, Stennett
Absent and excused -- King-Barrutia, Sorensen
Floor Sponsor -- Burtenshaw
Title apvd - to House
03/30 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 5
BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
3 TIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, THE SECRETARY OF THE
4 INTERIOR, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
5 IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
6 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
7 State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho
8 Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
9 WHEREAS, Idaho's rural areas are suffering near depression-like economic
10 disasters and America is becoming a nation of battered rural communities; and
11 WHEREAS, natural resources are the lifeblood of Idaho, the genesis of
12 wealth and the hub of America's economic wheel, and that eliminating resource
13 production is a poor trade-off for wolf and grizzly recovery which has no
14 basis in common sense, legitimate science or free-enterprise economics; and
15 WHEREAS, our natural resources industries are declining in large part
16 because of the federal government's policies and mismanagement; and
17 WHEREAS, there is a tendency to assume that the command and control
18 approach used by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is the only
19 option we have as citizens of Idaho and state elected officials; and
20 WHEREAS, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service currently wastes
21 millions of dollars per year on wolf recovery which, under an Idaho wolf man-
22 agement plan, would become a tremendous burden for all Idaho taxpayers and
23 would reduce Idaho to an enforcement arm for another failed, misguided federal
24 policy; and
25 WHEREAS, it is clear the federal government does not manage wolves;
26 rather, it manages citizens; and
27 WHEREAS, wolves are not biologically endangered in the United States, nor
28 are they in danger of becoming extinct since they exist abundantly in other
29 states and countries; and
30 WHEREAS, wolf recovery is predicated on the false political premise of
31 intrinsic worth greater than humans; and
32 WHEREAS, fifteen Canadian gray wolves were dumped in central Idaho in 1995
33 and twenty Canadian gray wolves were dumped in central Idaho in 1996, and now
34 their populations are estimated at 350 to 400 wolves; and
35 WHEREAS, the Canadian gray wolf is not indigenous to the state of Idaho,
36 weighing some 25 to 30 pounds more than the original Idaho gray wolf; and
37 WHEREAS, wolves are not a game animal; they are predators and should be
38 managed as such; and
39 WHEREAS, Idaho statutes have established civil values for deer, elk, moose
40 and other big game species; and
41 WHEREAS, wolves should be immediately delisted and the federal government
42 should be financially responsible for all damages created by wolves, not only
43 to livestock, but for domestic animals, pets and especially for damages to
44 Idaho's wildlife; and
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1 WHEREAS, the Bush Administration has the opportunity to redirect the
2 failed environmental policies of the past.
3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
4 of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
5 Senate concurring therein, that this Legislature not only calls for, but
6 demands, that wolf recovery efforts in Idaho be discontinued immediately, and
7 wolves be removed by whatever means necessary.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
9 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
10 Memorial to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate
11 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress, to the Secretary
12 of the Interior, and to the congressional delegation representing the State of
13 Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11108
In 1994, wolves were reintroduced into Idaho by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, an activity opposed by the Idaho Legislature.
Historically, wolves were eliminated in Idaho in recognition that
an agricultural economy could not co-exist with an exploding
predator wolf population. In year 2000, it is apparent that
successful re-introduction of wolves has re-established a
negative economic impact for farmers, ranchers, and small rural
communities that are agriculturally based. The ravaging of domestic
livestock and Idaho wildlife will increase, no matter the faulty
management tool designed to mitigate these losses, and has reached
an intolerable level with no end in sight. This memorial calls for
discontinuance of the wolf recovery program in Idaho and the immediate
removal of wolves. This memorial further calls for immediate
de-listing and monetary remuneration from the Federal Government
for all damages created by wolves, not only to livestock, but for
domestic animals, pets and especially for damage to Idaho’s wildlife.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact to General Fund.
Contact
Name: Rep. Lenore Hardy Barrett
Phone: (208) 332-1000
Rep. JoAn Wood
Rep. Twila Hornbeck
Rep. Tim Ridinger
Rep. Ken Roberts
Rep. Bert Stevenson
Rep. Dell Raybould
Rep. Monty Pearce
Rep. Lawrence Denney
Rep. Scott Bedke
Rep. Dick Harwood
Rep. John Campbell
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM