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Clearwater Region Elk
Clearwater Elk Harvest
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080
500
1,000
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2,000
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4,000
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1,778
1,549
1,807 1,657 1,664
1,876
2,256 2,121
1,905
2,340
1,575
484
460 374
440
229
353
820
656
524
972
340
Cows
Bulls
% Success
Clearwater Region Elk Harvest by Zone, 2008
Palouse Dworshak Hells Canyon
Elk City Selway Lolo0
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Depredation Hunt Harvest
Controlled Hunt Harvest
General Season Harvest
2009 CLEARWATER REGIONELK STATUS
RELATIVE TO PLAN OBJECTIVES
ZONE COWS BULLS ADULT BULLS
PALOUSE ABOVE ABOVE ABOVE
HELLS CANYON ABOVE ABOVE ABOVE
ELK CITY MEETS MEETS MEETS
DWORSHAK MEETS BELOW
BELOW
SELWAY BELOW BELOW BELOW
LOLO BELOW BELOW BELOW
Palouse Zone Population (Units 8, 8A, 11A)
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1814
2153
148
411
CowsBulls
Cow Objective
Bull Objective
Hells Canyon Zone Population (Units 11, 13, 18)
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CowsBulls Cow Objective
Bull Objective
Elk City Zone Population (Units 14, 15, 16)
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34363243
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863
CowsBulls
Cow Objective
Bull Objective
Dworshak Zone Population (Unit 10A)
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37683615
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377503
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218385 339
477
CowsBulls
Cow Objective
Bull Objective
Selway Zone Population(Units 16A, 17, 19, 20)
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1190 1179 1245
827 934
CowsBulls
Cow Objective
Bull Objective
Lolo Zone Population (Units 10, 12)
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743 841 979594
CowsBulls
Cow Objective
Bull Objective
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Unit 10 Cows and Calves
CowsCalves
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Unit 10 Bulls and Adult Bulls
BullsAdult Bulls
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Unit 12 Cows and Calves
CowsCalves
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Unit 12 Bulls and Adult Bulls
BullsAdult Bulls
Lolo Zone Harvest
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Unit 10 Harvest1993-2008
10 Cows10 Bulls
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Unit 12 Harvest1993-2008
12 Cows12 Bulls
Palouse Zone—Units 8, 8A, 11AAdd 3 days of cow elk hunting on private land to the B-tag hunt, Oct 15 – Oct 17Add Unit 11A to the January 8X controlled cow hunt & modify its
boundary to mirror “greenfield” hunt area
Dworshak Zone—Unit 10AAdd a controlled hunt for cow elk in Hunt Area 10A-1, Aug 1 – Sept
15
Elk City Zone—Unit 16Add a controlled hunt for cow elk in Unit 16, Dec 10 – Dec 31
Lolo Zone—Units 10, 12Establish an A-tag quota of 404 (-7%)Reduce the B-tag Quota to 1,088 (-14%)
Elk Season Changes for 2010
Ungulate Ecology Study
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Wolves arrive in Idaho
Record-setting winter
Lolo Zone Elk Population
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
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Lolo Zone Cow Elk Survival
Lolo Zone Cow Elk Survival
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
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Expected Adult Survival
Hunting Wolf Cougar0
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Accidents/Malnutrition
Causes of Cow Elk Deaths
Dec–Jun Calf Elk Survival
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Dec–Jun Calf Elk Survival
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
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Hunting Wolf Cougar0
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Accidents/Malnutrition
Causes of Calf Elk Deaths
Cow Survival = 75% - 79%Dec-June Calf Survival = 73% (9%)
Calf Recruitment < 15 Calves:100 Cows
Cow Population Growth = - 13% to -15%/year
Lolo Zone Elk Population
Wolf Status
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Palouse- Hells
Canyon
Dworshak-
Elk City Selway LoloRegion Total
# Packs 1 12 7 8 28
# Breeding Pairs
1 7 UNKNOWN 4 12
# Depredatio
ns1 5 0 0 6
Min # Wolves
10 36 6 21 73
Min # Pups3 26 UNKNOWN 15 44
Clearwater Region 2009 Wolf Population Summary
Wolf Zone Harvest Limit Number Harvested
Limit Remaining Status Season Dates
Palouse-Hells Canyon 5 5 0 CLOSED
18 Dec 09 Oct 1 – Mar 31
Dworshak-Elk City 18 18 0 CLOSED
16 Nov 09 Oct 1 – Mar 31
Selway 17 11 6 Open Sept 15 – Mar 31
Lolo 27 13 14 Open Sept 1 – Mar 31
TOTALS 67 47 20
Clearwater Region Wolf Zones and Current Harvest
Wolf Management
• A lawsuit to relist wolves is being reviewed in Federal Court in Missoula. The decision whether to place wolves back on the Endangered Species List or to allow hunting seasons to continue for 2010-2011 may not be made until late spring .
• Wolf hunting seasons and quotas will be addressed by the IDFG Commission at their August meeting.