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Idaho director of Yellowstone conservation group pleads guilty to elk poaching

The Idaho director of a nonprofit group working to protect habitat and wildlife around Yellowstone National Park has pleaded guilty to elk poaching, and is leaving the organization.

Marv Hoyt, who was an outspoken advocate for wildlife in the greater Yellowstone area, admitted last month in Idaho’s Sixth District Court that he illegally killed two cow elk in Caribou County, according to a report in the Idaho State Journal.