BOISE, Idaho — Idaho officials are challenging a federal court order to destroy information collected from tracking collars placed on elk and wolves obtained illegally by landing a helicopter in a central Idaho wilderness area. Idaho also collared four wolves in an action the Forest Service didn’t authorize. Western Watersheds Project, Friends of the Clearwater and Wilderness Watch sued the Forest Service in January 2016 when they learned of the helicopter flights. Tim Preso, an attorney for Earthjustice handling the case, said the groups will continue to seek to force Fish and Game to destroy the data. Mike Keckler, Fish and Game spokesman, said the agency isn’t discussing the court case or the data.

Source: National Post December 06, 2017 23:03 UTC