Text to be removed has been marked with Strikethrough and Italic. How these codes are actually displayed will vary based on the browser software you are using. This sentence is marked with bold and underline to show added text. This sentence is marked with strikethrough and italic, indicating text to be removed. No 12 action may be taken by a federal agency including the United States fish and 13 wildlife service, or any entity acting on behalf of a federal agency, to 14 introduce or to reintroduce any species into the state of Idaho without first 15 securing the approval of the Idaho state legislature.
Agriculture is the heart of Idaho's economy and the bedrock of rural communities.
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. The ravaging of domestic livestock will increase, no matter the faulty management tool designed to mitigate these losses, and has reached an intolerable level with no end in sight. Had this proposed legislation been in place, the State of Idaho would have had statutory leverage to oppose reintroduction of wolves, thereby eliminating unwarranted risk to Idaho's agricultural community. Predator populations that devastate Idaho's agriculture industry must be accepted or rejected at the legislative level when the need arises.