IDAHO ATTORNEY GENERAL BACKING UP FEDERAL CHALLENGE OVER WOLVES IN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden is backing up a federal
challenge
over wolves in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
The Idaho republican says he filed a “friend of the court” brief
earlier
this week in support of an appeal of US District Judge B. Lynn
Windmill’s
injunction. Windmill banned the US Fish and Wildlife Service from
enforcing
wolf reintroduction regulations in the Stanley Basin.
In April, Windmill ordered the wolves to be protected for a second
straight
grazing season this year – even if they attack cattle.