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BY NICOLE BLANCHARD MAY 11, 2023 10:08 AM A wolf walking through a gravelly clearing is caught on an Idaho Department of Fish and Game motion-triggered trail camera image on September 12, 2021. IDFG The Idaho Fish and Game Commission unanimously approved a wolf management plan that will slash the state’s wolf population by nearly two-thirds over the next several years. The plan has been the subject of controversy since it was first made public in January. Fish and Game Wildlife Bureau Chief Jon Rachael presented a draft of the plan to the commission, outlining the agency’s goal of whittling the estimated population of 1,337 wolves to 500 animals — a 62% cut. Scientists and conservation groups have said the trail camera wolf-counting method that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game uses to get its population estimates is deeply flawed and likely overestimates wolf numbers…