Wyo. Gov said to consider larger state wolf zone

Wyoming politicians, sportsmen and ranchers are considering expanding the area where wolves would be tolerated should the state come to control the species, a hunting outfitter said Tuesday. Kelly outfitter B.J. Hill said he sat in on a closed-door meeting with Gov. Matt Mead in which participants mulled moving the tolerance boundary south. In recent weeks, Mead has held about a dozen such meetings in Cody and elsewhere with stockmen, politicians and members of Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, according to the Cody Enterprise. Negotiations seek to establish a framework for compromise on a Wyoming wolf plan that conservationists and the federal government have seen as too restrictive to ensure wolves persist...more