2.) I'd like to know why you figure tax payers have to pay for any problems. I'm all for removing a large portion of the wolf population in Idaho, but I've yet to see any data concluding that tax payers are funding any damages.
How many biologists do you think the state will employ to do how many studies at how many dollars a year? Once the ball is kicked to rolling it is hard to stop, what do you suppose a state employed biologist will make managing the wolves? How much do you think will be wasted on enforcement looking for those that "shoot, shovel and shut up"... I'm honestly not worried too much about these things that are out of my control, but thinking it will not cost taxpayers is unrealistic.
Money is wasted in so many ways that it's hard to even keep track of it anymore.... unless you are the one the money is being wasted on.
A small handful of biologists do annual aerial surveys looking for radio-collared animals. Rough population estimates are generated. It's cheap -- IDFG runs on a small budget and their employees are poorly paid. No IT, no administration. Just technicians and biologists. And again, IDFG is a self-sustaining agency and does not rely on tax dollars for support.
Now, I can't speak for WDFW. WDFW would probably create 10 new IT positions, 30 new administrative positions, a few panels and 2 biologist positions.
The good thing about wolves is that it takes little management or research to push an agenda. All IDFG had to say was, "we're removing X number of animals, and we are basing the population estimate on relatively nothing." Little or no money has really ever been spent "managing" wolves in Idaho or Montana.
If WDFW could use what employees that already have then it would be at no cost to the WDFW budget. That said, even if new positions were needed, an increase in the WDFW budget isn't going to happen and new costs aren't going to be generated to taxpayers because THEY CAN'T. WDFW budgets have to be approved by your state legislature and they're not going to approve a budget increase. Last time I checked, WDFW was having its budget slashed.