A bill that would allow Idaho ranchers to use powered parachutes, helicopters and live-bait traps to hunt problem wolves has died in the Senate. Senators agreed Tuesday to send the controversial legislation back to the Resources and Environment Committee - a move that likely ends the bill's chances this year. Republican Sen. Jeff Siddoway of Terreton is a sheep rancher and the bill's lead sponsor. Siddoway gave an impassioned speech defending his legislation and decrying the impact wolves are causing on livestock producers statewide. But he also acknowledged how his bill could risk putting wolves back on the federal Endangered Species List, and he urged his colleagues to send it back to committee. The legislation would let ranchers track and kill wolves for 36 hours after an attack.
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