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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eladio Avelino cleans a .50-caliber machine gun at Forward Operating Base Geronimo in the Nawa district of Afghanistan's Helmand province on Aug. 12, 2009. Avelino is a motor transport operator deployed with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The Marines are conducting security patrols in the area to speak with residents to identify their issues and concerns. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, which conducts counter insurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. DoD photo by Lance Cpl. John M. McCall, U.S. Marine Corps. Photographer's Name: LCpl. John McCallLocation: FOB Geronimo/Nawa

Boxes of .50-caliber machine gun ammunition and AT-4 rockets wait to be passed out to U.S. Marines at Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of Afghanistan's Helmand province Aug. 5, 2009. The Marine Corps' 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. McCall/Released) Photographer's Name: LCpl. John McCall Location: Patrol Base Jaker/Nawa district

A U.S. Sailor fires a .50-caliber machine gun on board the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) while under way in the Atlantic Ocean Aug. 10, 2009, during a crew-served weapons live-fire exercise. Normandy is preparing for a force protection exercise in September. (DoD photo by Ensign Adam R. Cole, U.S. Navy/Released) Photographer's Name: Ensign Adam R. Cole Location: unknown

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Judge Will Consider RMEF Support of Wolf Hunting

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

MISSOULA, Mont.—-(AmmoLand.com)- U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy on Friday granted a motion allowing the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to enter an amicus curiae brief supporting state-regulated wolf hunting in Idaho and Montana.

The move means RMEF positions will be considered against an emergency injunction filed by 13 environmental groups asking the judge to stop a planned hunt and return gray wolves to the endangered species list.

A hearing is scheduled for Monday and Molloy’s ruling could follow soon afterward.

The Elk Foundation’s amicus curiae brief is posted at www.rmef.org.

“We’re grateful that Judge Molloy has agreed to hear our side of this issue,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. “Once you cut away the hysterics and hyperbole, this is a straightforward wildlife management issue. State wildlife agencies have proven their professionalism and capability to balance predators with other resident species. They’ve been successfully managing wildlife for decades and we have total confidence in them.”

The Elk Foundation’s brief reinforces four main points:

• • Historic success of modern, hunter-based conservation in North America.
• • Viewpoints of hunters who continue to pay for the big-game resources that made wolf recovery possible.
• • RMEF-funded research, along with other scientific and anecdotal evidence, showing that wolf populations are fully recovered and that, where wolves are present with elk, wolves are having detrimental impacts on elk.
• • State wildlife agencies are best suited to manage wolves alongside other species.

About the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation:
Snowy peaks, dark timber basins and grassy meadows. RMEF is leading an elk country initiative that has conserved or enhanced habitat on over 5.6 million acres—a land area equivalent to a swath three miles wide and stretching along the entire Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico. RMEF also works to open, secure and improve public access for hunting, fishing and other recreation. Get involved at www.rmef.org or 800-CALL ELK.

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