Mike Todd

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  www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005118354 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/12/2007    Last Visited: 12/12/2007  

  "Any good predator that's going to be successful will pretty much eat what he finds-they're not going to be too picky," said Mike Todd, regional fur-bearer specialist for the Magic Valley Region of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
  
  Sometimes they rely on humans almost exclusively for their meals.
  
  "People should not be in the habit of feeding them," Todd said.
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  "When they're in an area where they know they won't get killed, they aren't very scared," Todd said."People in Blaine County like foxes.You don't see many down here in the Magic Valley in daytime."
  
  In farm country, foxes are often seen as a nuisance because of their propensity to kill domestic fowl.Hunters sometimes blame them for declining pheasant populations, but Todd said that's not the case.
  
  "The pheasant population is down because of declining habitat and not because of the fox," he said."The removal of the fox ... is not going to bring the pheasant population back."
  
  Coyotes don't like them either, and will kill them if they find them.
  
  "Coyotes don't get along with fox and coyotes don't get along with wolves," Todd said."It's known that if you decrease the coyote population that you can increase the fox population."
  
  So what is happening with the fox population in Blaine County and elsewhere in Idaho?That remains unknown because no studies have been done.Todd said the population seems healthy, but without studies its impossible to say if the population is stable or on the increase or decline.
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  Todd said a fox might bite a person if they get too close, but beyond that they present very little threat to humankind.The best way to treat a wild fox is to enjoy them from a distance, he said.

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  howler-hybrid-wolves.gotpetsonline.com/update/2007-04-3 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/30/2007    Last Visited: 5/11/2007  

  Mike Todd of the Idaho Department of Fish and Gameis keeping the victims in his freezer until they
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  Also comment on the sickness over Mike Todd keeping twodead Wolves in his freezer!A true degradation of Wolves and thedesecration of the dead.

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  Agencies act to curb litter, 4-wheelers in remote area - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/29/2006    Last Visited: 4/29/2006  

  The sump is just one example of a nationwide problem, says Mike Todd of the Magic Valley Region of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and the popularity of all-terrain vehicles has compounded the problem.
  
  "We're losing these grounds," Todd said.

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  Aspen Delineation Project - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/27/2006    Last Visited: 2/26/2009  

  "Beaver do better work than the Corps of Engineers," said Mike Todd, regional wildlife habitat biologist with the Magic Valley Region of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

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  Bald eagles soar through Mini-Cassia - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/29/2006    Last Visited: 1/29/2006  

  Mike Todd, of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, says eagle sighting are becoming more common, especially during the winter.Most sightings are "in the corridor of the Snake River," he said."We have a few pairs of adults that show up every year."
  
  He said the eagles are drawn to the open water and ready food supply, but Mini-Cassia is not considered prime eagle habitat, like the panhandle region of the state.
  
  Earlier this month, Todd and biologists from the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S.Forest Service completed a mid-winter bald eagle survey.Todd drove an 80-mile route starting at the Malad Gorge and ending at Carey Lake.While he didn't see any bald eagles, he did see six golden eagles.A total of 12 bald eagles were seen on the route in Cassia County that ends in the Jim Sage Mountains.Three more were sighted on a route in Blaine County.Another 10 were spotted from a plane flying along the Snake River.
  
  Todd said the survey is not an attempt estimate population but to monitor population trends.He says the trend is up in this area.
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  Todd says bald eagles don't always do what they are expected to do.He recalls a pair of bald eagles who took up residence near the 17th green of the Blue Lakes Golf Course in Twin Falls a few years ago.The pair built a nest there and raised their young.
  
  While winter sightings are more common, a spring sighting is something to get excited about.
  
  "If you see a pair of adult bald eagles building a nest in the spring please let us know," Todd asks.

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  Burley South Idaho Press: News Column - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/9/2001    Last Visited: 12/12/2001  

  Mike Todd, spokesperson for the State of Idaho Department of Fish and Game in Jerome said the budget holdback will not affect their agency at all.
  
  Todd said their agency does not receive any money from the state.
  
  "And that is both good and bad," he said.
  
  He said their department is a dedicated fund agency which means all of their money comes from the people that hunt and fish.

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  Published on: 3/10/2006    Last Visited: 3/11/2006  

  The mule deer that once drew hunters to southern Idaho are declining, Fish and Game biologist Mike Todd told the Cassia County Public Lands Committee Wednesday night.
  
  "Mule deer are a very important hunting opportunity and recreation value in Idaho, but our mule deer overall aren't doing very well," he said.
  
  Habitat changes from fire, invasive plants and livestock grazing, as well as weather and other factors have caused the mule deer population to drop, he said, although Idaho hasn't had to deal with chronic wasting disease.
  
  To help the deer, Fish and Game is working with landowners to improve habitat.This includes planting up to 30,000 bitterbrush plants for forage in the Sublett and Black Pine areas this year, Todd said.
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  The number of permits for turkeys will probably increase again, Todd said.

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  Idaho News - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/2/2006    Last Visited: 5/2/2006  

  Mike Todd of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game said Goin Sump is an example of a national problem where natural areas are being used by all-terrain vehicles.
  
  Before the ban on vehicles in Goin Sump, cars and trucks were allowed on established roads.

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  NBC Newschannel 6 Where News Comes First - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/28/2006    Last Visited: 4/7/2006  

  Mike Todd, a regional wildlife habitat biologist with the Magic Valley region of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, say the dams slow the speed of the runoff so erosion of river banks isn't as severe.

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  Officials give beaver plan the go-ahead - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/31/2006    Last Visited: 4/1/2006  

  "Everybody who was there is in agreement that we should do this," said Mike Todd, regional wildlife habitat biologist in the Magic Valley Region for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game."We've already reached consensus, now it's a matter of working out the details."
  
  The Mid-Snake Resource Conservation and Development Area will be the umbrella organization for the effort.The coalition includes the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, the Sawtooth National Forest and the five soil and water conservation districts in Twin Falls and Cassia counties.
  
  The Bureau of Land Management also will be involved, Todd said.
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  Julie Thomas of the Mid-Snake RCDA is revising, for southern Idaho, the beaver management guidelines that have created a successful program in the Fairfield Ranger District, Todd said.

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