By Doug Nadvornick

Wyoming – Idaho's inaugural wolf season wraps up at the end of March. It appears hunters will fall short of the state's goal of 220 wolves. But state officials say Idaho's wolf population is now stabilized and no longer growing. Many hunters believe the wolves will someday wipe out a species that they see as the symbol for big game hunting in Idaho: elk. Conservationists say hunters are turning to a simplistic answer to a complicated problem. Inland Northwest Correspondent Doug Nadvornick reports.

By Molly Messick

Cheyenne, Wy – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is imposing a fee on all boats launched in the state to fund a program to try to prevent exotic mussels from getting established.
Game department spokesman Eric Keszler says the new program will
require all boaters to purchase a decal before launching a boat
starting April 15. He says the decals will be available on the
department's Web site that day, and will be available at license
vendors starting on May 17.
The decals will cost $10 for motorized watercraft registered in

Salt Lake City, Utah – An energy company that plans to boost the capacity of a natural-gas pipeline that travels from Wyoming to California has cleared a hurdle with federal regulators.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has decided the
pipeline expansion can be accomplished with little environmental
damage. FERC will take public comment until May 17, then issue a
final environmental impact statement approving the project.
Salt Lake City-based Kern River Transmission Co. operates a pair

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By Sara Sciammacco

Washington D.C. – Native American mental health advocates want more help from the federal government to help reduce youth suicide on tribal lands in Wyoming and other states. In most Native American communities, youth suicide rates are three times higher than the U.S. national average. Several advocates testified at a congressional hearing to increase funding to combat the problem.

By Renny MacKay