Suit: Chopper Landings Violate the Law in the Frank Church
ICL and others rally to protect the Frank Church Wilderness from illegal helicopter use and cite alternative methods
A U.S. Forest Service plan to land helicopters in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness doesn’t fly with conservation groups. Six have filed suit to stop the plan, saying landing helicopters would violate the law under wilderness designation. Idaho Fish and Game wants to use helicopters to capture and collar wolves.
John Robison, public lands director for the Idaho Conservation League, says landing helicopters in wilderness for such a project is not needed.
“We think that it’s possible to manage and monitor the wolves through ground-based methods. The Nez Perce Tribe managed to collar over 30 wolves using traditional methods.”
