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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A state survey of Idaho youth shows that 22% of high school students say they've seriously considered suicide. That remains the highest rate measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in a decade. The survey also found fewer teens reported being bullied on school property, smoking or having sex than in previous years.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Those reviewing Idaho child protection cases say they're not getting access to all the documents required to do their work. The Idaho Press reported that members of the Legislature’s Child Protection Legislative Oversight Committee have asked child welfare officials to look into ensuring the citizen review panels receive sufficient information. Lawmakers last year created the panels in each of the state’s seven health districts to review all child protection cases. The legislation followed studies showing significant problems in Idaho's child protection system. Welfare officials assert that state law doesn't specify additional access to members of the panels.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials will review whether they are doing doing enough to protect grizzly bears across the contiguous U.S. states after advocates sued the government to try to restore the animals to more areas. A federal judge approved a settlement Monday and said the review must be completed by March 31, 2021. The Center for Biological Diversity said in a lawsuit that officials should consider restoring grizzlies to areas of California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and Oregon. Grizzly bears are protected as a threatened species in the U.S., except in Alaska. An estimated 1,900 bears live in portions of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington state.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife tells Gov. Jay Inslee it will try "previously unused tools" to protect cattle and avoid shooting wolves in the Kettle River Range. But Capital Press reports the department did not specify any new tactics. The department was responding to Inslee's complaint that recurrent culling of wolves in the northeast Washington mountain range is unacceptable.
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