SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The state's controversial plan for managing wolves gets a final public meeting in Spokane today. The meeting was moved after residents in wolf country objected to the original location of Olympia.
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will discuss the proposed plan, and also take public testimony, at the meeting. The commission is expected to take final action on the plan at its December meeting.
The Wolf recovery plan has received mixed reactions with wildlife advocates supporting the reintroduction. But concerns expressed by sheep and cattle ranchers over the potential threat to their livelihoods continues
The commission originally planned to conduct this meeting in Olympia to save money for the cash-strapped state. Madonna Luers, spokeswoman for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, says the major costs of moving the meeting are travel expenses for seven commissioners, plus Olympia-based agency staff.
She could not immediately say how much the move would cost.
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