Report estimates revenue loss from Idaho wolves
Associated Press - February 20, 2009 3:34 PM ET
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the state could be losing up to $24 million annually in hunting revenue due to wolves killing deer and elk.
The agency says the study is an update of a 1994 environmental impact statement related to the introduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park.
The recent study says the estimated 800 wolves in Idaho kill about 9,500 elk a year.
The study estimates an elk killed by a hunter has an economic value of $8,000.
The study also considers elk killed by wolves as illegal kills and sets the value of each dead elk at $750.
The study also factors in how much the state is losing because people choose not to spend money on hunting due to lack of game.
Republican Sen. Gary Schroeder of Moscow requested the study.
Information from: Lewiston Tribune, http://www.lmtribune.com
http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9879957
Associated Press - February 20, 2009 3:34 PM ET
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the state could be losing up to $24 million annually in hunting revenue due to wolves killing deer and elk.
The agency says the study is an update of a 1994 environmental impact statement related to the introduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park.
The recent study says the estimated 800 wolves in Idaho kill about 9,500 elk a year.
The study estimates an elk killed by a hunter has an economic value of $8,000.
The study also considers elk killed by wolves as illegal kills and sets the value of each dead elk at $750.
The study also factors in how much the state is losing because people choose not to spend money on hunting due to lack of game.
Republican Sen. Gary Schroeder of Moscow requested the study.
Information from: Lewiston Tribune, http://www.lmtribune.com
http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9879957