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Panel advances bill adding a 'possible' tier for compensation of livestock losses to wolves and grizzlies
Summary
House Bill 82 would add a third payment tier — “possible” — to Idaho’s depredation reimbursement program for livestock losses attributed to wolves and grizzly bears, aligning state reimbursement terminology with federal investigator classifications. The committee voted to send the bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Resources & Conservation Committee voted to forward House Bill 82, which would add a "possible" category to the state’s livestock-depredation reimbursement framework for losses to wolves and grizzly bears.
Sponsor Rep. Gerald Raymond, R-31, described the change as a technical cleanup to last year’s House Bill 592 and said the new tier would allow payment when an investigator’s evidence indicates a loss is possible but cannot be definitively confirmed. "We have an animal that's been ... partially eaten with tracks around it,…
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