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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1977
Page
5
The Idaho Tomorrow survey by Idaho State University finds 30 percent favor raising license and tag fees for hunters and anglers, 55 percent favor new sporting goods taxes, and 41 percent would spend state tax money on wildlife while 6 percent oppose and 31 percent support federal tax spending. Most favor protecting the environment over resource development.
Forest Service Region 1 and Region 4 with Idaho Fish and Game publish a five year program under the Sikes Act. The plan covers 12 National Forests and one National Grassland totaling 21.6 million acres and prioritizes elk range rehabilitation while outlining 89 projects for wildlife, fish, and habitat improvement. Public copies available at Forest Service and Fish and Game headquarters.
Idaho’s Fish and Game urges anglers and citizens to write and testify on the Lower Snake Compensation Plan to fund restoration of dammed runs. Hearings in Washington, D.C., March 28–31 and April 4–6 will decide appropriations for fiscal 1978.
UPI reports R Kahler Martinson of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service warns drought will affect migratory fish in the Columbia River system and coastal streams. Governors’ flow rules aim to protect fish while balancing water needs. spawning runs and fingerlings may suffer with lower water, plus goose and duck nests at risk. Contingency plans are in place.
Elk Unlimited held a meeting at the Junior High School on March 16 and elected officers for the coming year. The Bonner Chapter, linked to the state Elk organization, aims to sustain Idaho’s huntable elk population. Contact Del Brown at 263-3760 or attend the April 4 meeting to join or learn more. Officers elected: Chairman Lee Carrick, Vice Chairman Dwight Sutter, Secretary-Treasurer Richard Metz, Past Chairman Del Brown, Directors Paul Pecukonis Ron Hoffman Ken Stevens.
The department outlines spring turkey hunting rules with a season from April 30 to May 8. Hunters may take one wild male bearded turkey per bay and per year, in eight units 11 13 14 18 19 22 23 and 39. Shotguns or longbows are allowed and shot must be BB size or smaller.
Governor John V Evans proclaims the week of March 20 to 26 as Wildlife Week in Idaho. The proclamation cites the National Wildlife Federation campaign urging clean water and a renewed push to meet the water purity goal, stressing Idaho’s wildlife dependence on water amid a widespread crisis.
The Nampa Red and Gun Club in Idaho earned the 1976 President's Award from the National Wildlife Federation for outstanding local conservation work. Ray Arnett, NWF president, praised clubs with exceptional efforts in natural resource management and environmental education among about eight thousand eligible groups.
USFS official Arthur Brackebusch argued wilderness areas cannot be treated as completely natural. He urged scientifically based management, noting human activities and trails affect adjacent regions and that naturalness is already compromised by past introductions and ongoing use.
Bald eagles hunt through winter on Lake Pend Oreille with shifting meals from kokanee to waterfowl like coots and grebes. The narrator watches a series of failed dives and a dramatic kill as the eagles' endurance is tested before migration north to British Columbia.
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