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Committee advances bill to align depredation language, allow limited payments for probable livestock kills
Summary
The Idaho Senate Natural Resources Committee voted to send House Bill 82 to the Senate floor after testimony that the bill would align state reimbursement language with federal Wildlife Services classifications and allow payments for "probable" depredations when fund balances permit.
Senator Van Burchaw, District 31, presented House Bill 82 to the Idaho Senate Natural Resources Committee and said the bill would change statutory wording to match federal Wildlife Services classifications and allow limited compensation for depredations classified as "probable" when funds remain in the state account.
The bill’s sponsor told the committee that federal funding is triggered by a "confirmed" depredation and that other categories such as "probable" currently do not qualify for automatic federal reimbursement. The proposed changes replace several uses of the word "confirmed" with language that matches U.S. Wildlife Services’ validation terminology and would permit payment of…
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