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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State attorneys say Idaho's law to punish those who secretly film agricultural operations doesn't limit free speech. The attorneys say that's because the First Amendment right does not exempt trespassing on private property. The American Civil Liberties of Idaho countered that deception is protected speech as long as it doesn't directly cause harm. A judge says he will make a decision whether to dismiss the case in the next few weeks.
GARDEN CITY, Idaho (AP) — Smokefree Idaho has withdrawn its support of a southwest Idaho city's proposed smoking ban after city leaders adopted a less restrictive version. A spokeswoman said the ordinance no longer protects all workers from secondhand smoke. The ban on smoking would not include in bars and bingo halls for people age 21 and over.
KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — A central Idaho sheep rancher whose flock sustained losses to wolves each spring moved them this year from his ranch near Carey to a new area where wolves aren't present. The Idaho Mountain Express reports that John Peavey moved 1,800 ewes in April to the desert about 20 miles south. Wildlife Services says that since 2008 wolves have killed 153 sheep.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge says the government has until 2018 to come up with a long-delayed recovery plan for imperiled Canada lynx in the Lower 48 states. Wildlife advocates had asked the court to force faster action for the snow-loving big cats. But the judge says that a January 2018 deadline proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reasonable.
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