Painless
I have finished the second benefit box, and have started on the third.
Meanwhile, in Idaho, time is running out. The wolf has seen its last day of protection under the Endangered Species Act, and officials have now proposed lowering the price of a license to $9.75 for Idaho residents.
Less than the price of dinner at a sit-down restaurant.
Idaho proposes charging just $9.75 to hunt a wolf
Published Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
The Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's wolves will be even cheaper to kill than originally planned, according to state wildlife managers preparing to hold legal public hunts for the predators once Endangered Species Act protections are lifted.
The cost for a wolf tag would likely be just $9.75, the same price as a tag to hunt bears and cougars. Originally, the state Department of Fish and Game planned to charge $26.50 for Idaho residents to hunt wolves, and $256 for out-of-state hunters. Under the new plan, those from outside Idaho would now pay $150, the Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wash., reported.
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission had originally hoped to ask a higher price for wolves to help defer costs of managing them. Fees to hunt cougar and black bears would have been raised, too. The panel that oversees the Department of Fish and Game abandoned the higher prices after hunters grew concerned about paying more to bag a large carnivore.
Wolves were reintroduced to the northern Rocky Mountains, including Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, a decade ago after being hunted to near-extinction. More than 1,200 now live in the region, including about 650 in Idaho.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month began the process of delisting the animals from federal protections in Idaho and Montana, and some say hunting could start within the year.
Sen. Gary Schroeder, R-Moscow, who is sponsoring the bill that would set the prices on wolf tags, said the animals will be treated like other big-game carnivores, and the state has "done a very good job of managing those species over the years."
Officials collect statistics about where bears and cougars are killed and set seasons to maintain animal populations.
A plan drafted by Idaho's wildlife agency and approved by the Legislature and the federal government requires maintaining at least 15 wolf packs.
"I want to take the opportunity to assure the American people that Idaho is going to be very responsible in the management of its wolves," Schroeder said during a Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee hearing Monday. "We're not going to eliminate them; we're not going to try to eliminate them."
The proposed fees would help offset about $720,000 in federal wolf management funds the state will lose once the species is delisted. State officials estimate sales of wolf tags could mirror those of other predatory animals. Bear tag sales total about $301,000 a year, and mountain lion tags bring in about $67,400.
In addition, 10 wolf tags would be available for special auctions or lotteries. Auction sales could net as much as $100,000, according to Schroeder's bill.
Link here.
Well. I'm doing what I can. I'm terrified that nobody will bid on the auctions, that something will go wrong, that it won't be enough to make a difference. But I absolutely am not backing down.
Let's be clear. I don't oppose hunting, even the hunting of predators. Far from it. And I am sympathetic to their position -- once the species is delisted, they will lose money that, before now, has been used to protect both livestock and wolves. The money to do this has to come from somewhere. But until I see evidence that they do not intend to blast their native wolves back into endangered status, I will not believe that the Idaho government has the wolves' best interests at heart.
And I have people sending things in for the auction, beautiful things. Books, jewelry, art, perfume. The sheer generosity is blowing me away, and is coming from some pretty unexpected quarters. The latest cool news: the guys from Tampa Bay area metal band Seasons of the Wolf are sending me copies of their latest promo, and I'll be giving one away with each box sold.
I'm way behind on my email, but that's because I've been so busy painting and getting things ready. Doesn't stop me from finishing up an icon I started months ago because I feel it's so appropriate for today. I suppose that passes for an emo icon, if you squint. If you know the song, though, it's really just thinly-veiled rage. And, well, Lucian could pretty much be the poster boy for it.
I need a break, so we're going to see Blood and Chocolate today, for a pretty apparent reason. I think I need to investigate the potential hotness of this guy.
What with all the werewolvery, it's tempting to wear my Underworld jacket, but I don't want to mess it up. It's, like, easily the coolest thing I own.
Right now I'm bravely wrestling with my insomnia and wondering, thanks to a conversation with flameelf, where I fit in this world. I've been feeling off, lately. Like I don't really have a place, like I'm not sure what I ought to be doing, or where I ought to be. Like what I am isn't something that's equipped to deal with the world I find myself in.
Tarot is right. There's no place for those of us who walk between. Throwbacks always have to go.
That's what frightens me the most about this Idaho thing, you know. If humans cannot see the value of the wolf, what chance is there for a creature like me? Not a wolf, but a woman who runs with them. I've got no use for sheep's clothing, thank you very much.
Actually, I'm allergic to wool.
That's what you call ironic.
I'll write more later, and I apologize for being rather absent and rather bleak. As I said, I've been very busy.
I promise I'll talk about something else later: perfume reviews or a discussion of my thing for lycanthropes or a vicious flyting of anti-abortion fuckstains or just some gratuitous swearing. Anything to prove I've not lost my edge or gone all boring on you. I swear I'm an atavism, not an activist.
Right now I need to get some writing done, answer some backed-up email, and then try to rest.
Meanwhile, in Idaho, time is running out. The wolf has seen its last day of protection under the Endangered Species Act, and officials have now proposed lowering the price of a license to $9.75 for Idaho residents.
Less than the price of dinner at a sit-down restaurant.
Idaho proposes charging just $9.75 to hunt a wolf
Published Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
The Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's wolves will be even cheaper to kill than originally planned, according to state wildlife managers preparing to hold legal public hunts for the predators once Endangered Species Act protections are lifted.
The cost for a wolf tag would likely be just $9.75, the same price as a tag to hunt bears and cougars. Originally, the state Department of Fish and Game planned to charge $26.50 for Idaho residents to hunt wolves, and $256 for out-of-state hunters. Under the new plan, those from outside Idaho would now pay $150, the Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wash., reported.
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission had originally hoped to ask a higher price for wolves to help defer costs of managing them. Fees to hunt cougar and black bears would have been raised, too. The panel that oversees the Department of Fish and Game abandoned the higher prices after hunters grew concerned about paying more to bag a large carnivore.
Wolves were reintroduced to the northern Rocky Mountains, including Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, a decade ago after being hunted to near-extinction. More than 1,200 now live in the region, including about 650 in Idaho.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month began the process of delisting the animals from federal protections in Idaho and Montana, and some say hunting could start within the year.
Sen. Gary Schroeder, R-Moscow, who is sponsoring the bill that would set the prices on wolf tags, said the animals will be treated like other big-game carnivores, and the state has "done a very good job of managing those species over the years."
Officials collect statistics about where bears and cougars are killed and set seasons to maintain animal populations.
A plan drafted by Idaho's wildlife agency and approved by the Legislature and the federal government requires maintaining at least 15 wolf packs.
"I want to take the opportunity to assure the American people that Idaho is going to be very responsible in the management of its wolves," Schroeder said during a Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee hearing Monday. "We're not going to eliminate them; we're not going to try to eliminate them."
The proposed fees would help offset about $720,000 in federal wolf management funds the state will lose once the species is delisted. State officials estimate sales of wolf tags could mirror those of other predatory animals. Bear tag sales total about $301,000 a year, and mountain lion tags bring in about $67,400.
In addition, 10 wolf tags would be available for special auctions or lotteries. Auction sales could net as much as $100,000, according to Schroeder's bill.
Link here.
Well. I'm doing what I can. I'm terrified that nobody will bid on the auctions, that something will go wrong, that it won't be enough to make a difference. But I absolutely am not backing down.
Let's be clear. I don't oppose hunting, even the hunting of predators. Far from it. And I am sympathetic to their position -- once the species is delisted, they will lose money that, before now, has been used to protect both livestock and wolves. The money to do this has to come from somewhere. But until I see evidence that they do not intend to blast their native wolves back into endangered status, I will not believe that the Idaho government has the wolves' best interests at heart.
And I have people sending things in for the auction, beautiful things. Books, jewelry, art, perfume. The sheer generosity is blowing me away, and is coming from some pretty unexpected quarters. The latest cool news: the guys from Tampa Bay area metal band Seasons of the Wolf are sending me copies of their latest promo, and I'll be giving one away with each box sold.
I'm way behind on my email, but that's because I've been so busy painting and getting things ready. Doesn't stop me from finishing up an icon I started months ago because I feel it's so appropriate for today. I suppose that passes for an emo icon, if you squint. If you know the song, though, it's really just thinly-veiled rage. And, well, Lucian could pretty much be the poster boy for it.
I need a break, so we're going to see Blood and Chocolate today, for a pretty apparent reason. I think I need to investigate the potential hotness of this guy.
What with all the werewolvery, it's tempting to wear my Underworld jacket, but I don't want to mess it up. It's, like, easily the coolest thing I own.
Right now I'm bravely wrestling with my insomnia and wondering, thanks to a conversation with flameelf, where I fit in this world. I've been feeling off, lately. Like I don't really have a place, like I'm not sure what I ought to be doing, or where I ought to be. Like what I am isn't something that's equipped to deal with the world I find myself in.
Tarot is right. There's no place for those of us who walk between. Throwbacks always have to go.
That's what frightens me the most about this Idaho thing, you know. If humans cannot see the value of the wolf, what chance is there for a creature like me? Not a wolf, but a woman who runs with them. I've got no use for sheep's clothing, thank you very much.
Actually, I'm allergic to wool.
That's what you call ironic.
I'll write more later, and I apologize for being rather absent and rather bleak. As I said, I've been very busy.
I promise I'll talk about something else later: perfume reviews or a discussion of my thing for lycanthropes or a vicious flyting of anti-abortion fuckstains or just some gratuitous swearing. Anything to prove I've not lost my edge or gone all boring on you. I swear I'm an atavism, not an activist.
Right now I need to get some writing done, answer some backed-up email, and then try to rest.