Federal judge orders end to year-round wolf trapping in Idaho due to grizzly bear protection.

A federal judge ruled that year-round wolf trapping and snaring must end in much of Idaho due to the threat to grizzly bears protected by the Endangered Species Act. The decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale will stop trapping and snaring in Idaho's panhandle, Clearwater, Salmon, and Upper Snake regions on both public and private lands between March 1 and Nov. 30, the grizzly bear's non-denning season.

March 20, 2024
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