“We don't want Idaho to have a bad reputation. This is our home state. We love our home state. It's beautiful. We pride ourselves on our nature. We pride ourselves on our wildlife. And instead, we are continuing to do things that are… that are sickening.” - Ella Driever In 1995, wolves were reintroduced to central Idaho, and in 2003 a Boise High school called Timberline officially adopted a local wolf pack. Throughout the 2000, students went on wolf tracking trips and in their wolf packs range. But in 2021, Idaho's legislature passed Senate Bill 1211, 1211 allows Idaho hunters to obtain an unlimited number of wolf tags, and it also allows Idaho's Department of Fish and Game to use taxpayer dollars to pay private contractors to kill wolves. That means bounties on wolves, including on public lands. And in 2021, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission expanded the wolf hunting season and hunting and trapping methods. So it's not too surprising to learn that also in 2021, the Timberline pack disappeared. The students, the ones that cared about wolves, at least, were devastated. Last summer I went to D.C. with some of the Species Unite team for a wolf rally on Capitol Hill. While I was there, two young women gave a talk about what happened at Timberline in 2021. Their names are Ella Driver and Sneha Sharma. They both graduated from Timberline High School and were there when their wolf pack disappeared. Please, listen and share.…
This is a podcast where I will talk about stuff with my friends. Or strangers. Or by myself. Depends. As mediocre as it is, I hope people enjoy it. I'm sorry about the audio quality. I'm recording from my phone, really lets you know about the production value.
This is a podcast where I will talk about stuff with my friends. Or strangers. Or by myself. Depends. As mediocre as it is, I hope people enjoy it. I'm sorry about the audio quality. I'm recording from my phone, really lets you know about the production value.
My friend Juan was unknowingly a participant of my podcast. I asked him after if it was okay though and he was on board so here we have my first official episode.