Wolf reimbursement program grows

My name is Glenn Schenavar, board member and Chapter Chairman of the Sanders County Chapter of the Foundation for Wildlife Management. We are holding our annual banquet on May 13th, 2023 at 50 Wilson Lane, the Bar JR Arena in Whitepine, Montana. Last year we raised $58,000 for our wolf reimbursement program. This year due to successful Sanders County and Flathead chapters banquet fundraising, we were able to take reimbursements in Region one and Region two to $750 per wolf.

Thanks for all the support from sportsmen and trappers! The Foundation for Wildlife Management currently has two chapters in Montana with a new start up in the southern Bitterroot. We are on the move and growing in numbers! Our mission is to bring down wolf numbers in the backcountry of Montana to let ungulate populations recover. We have made progress legislatively all while working with MFP to not only bring down wolf numbers, but to also educate the public on out of control predation. Thanks to some recent donations we are putting up billboards in Montana and Idaho and have a documentary in progress to educate the public.

In 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services stated, “In the 2009 delisting rule, the wolves would deplete game populations and cause chronic livestock depredations at around 1500 wolves.” Currently Montana has 1100 wolves with 800 of them being in Western Montana and in the entire Northern Rockies there are 3,338 wolves. Wolves will consume 20 ungulates a year... you do the math! All species need to be managed, including wolves. Help support our banquet for wolf management! If you choose to donate or have any questions about attending the banquet, please call or email me. Otherwise go to f4wm.org to buy your tickets to the Sanders County F4WM Banquet on Saturday, May 13. — Glenn Schenavar, Thompson Falls