Idaho Senators question proposed 600 square mile habitat for two caribou

On Tuesday, Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Jim Risch (R-ID) expressed concern to U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Daniel Ashe over the size of the proposed critical habitat for caribou in north Idaho. While only two of the endangered animals were found in Idaho at the time they were listed, the FWS proposed designating 375,562 acres - about 600 square miles - of critical habitat for the Southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou. The proposed habitat includes land in Boundary and Bonner counties in Idaho and Pend Oreille County in Washington State. County commissioners and the public from those areas have expressed many concerns about the proposed habitat designation, questioning the size and the science behind it, as well as the estimated recreational and economic impact to the region...more

That's approximately one caribou/300 sections.  Must by mighty poor country up there.