(The Center Square) – Washington wildlife managers will not implement a new wolf protection rule that ranchers say would have laid even more responsibility on them to ward off attacks.
The Washington Wildlife Commission has also voted 5-4 not to create Chronic Conflict Zones within the state that require more detailed management.
“I think a strict rule at this time would be counterproductive. I think it would be an economic hardship,” Commissioner James Anderson said at Friday’s meeting. “And frankly, I think it’s not really necessary. Rules just for the sake of rules don’t make any sense. It’s not what governance should be.”
