The bear and the wolf are the two of the most powerful spirits in the forest

Photograph credit John E Marriott An essay by guest blogger Barry Babcock I decided to re-share Barry’s essay because Wisconsin’s wild gray wolf is about to face hound hunter’s dogs in a proposed wolf hunt for November 2021. Wisconsin is the only state that allows hunters to use dogs to track & trail wolves. Wisconsin …

Wolf Hounding Fact Sheet: Wisconsin, quite literally, throws dogs to wolves

The Wisconsin legislature sanctioned “Wolf Hounding ” with 2011 Wisconsin Act 169 that allows the use of dogs to track and trail wolves. 2011 Wisconsin Act 169 The following is a wolf hounding fact sheet that was put together in 2013 by several professionals that were in apposition to Wisconsin’s law, Act 169, that allowed …

Although the caribou feeds the wolf, it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong.

The people realized that the caribou and the wolf were one... The Wolf and the Caribou-myth and legend has more truth to it today than ever before! In this time of mass extinction we must heed the wisdom of the indigenous people. The Inuit, the people of the North, take a different view of the …

Perché il lupo?

Canis lupus italicus, cuccioli che guardano - Foto di Antonio Iannibelli Perché il lupo? Questa è la domanda che mi sento rivolgere più spesso da chi mi conosce e si stupisce che improvvisamente mi stia occupando di lupi. In effetti insegno inglese e la mia vita si era orientata verso altre mete dopo aver cercato …

Wolf Management: Can Wisconsin get it right this time around?

First, do no harm as a commitment to prioritising non-invasive approaches in conservation research and practice,... One of the guiding principles of Compassionate Conservation Photograph credit John E Marriott That’s the million dollar question many Wisconsinites are asking. Will Wisconsin get it right this time around? The grey wolf was officially off the Endangered Species …

Wisconsin’s tribes spoke up for their brother “Ma’iingan” the wolf and Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board (NRB) voted no to early wolf hunt.

Image credit stock photo Thankfully Wisconsin’s tribes spoke up for thier brother “Ma’iingan” the wolf and the Natural Resources Board voted no to an early February wolf hunt. The following is from NPR article on today’s NRB hearing. Board member Marcy West questioned whether a hunt would be worth risking the state's relationships with tribes …

My comment to the NRB in regards to establishing a wolf in Wisconsin 2021

Submit your written comment before tomorrow morning to Laurie Ross, NRB Board LiaisonLaurie.Ross@wisconsin.gov or 608-267-7420DNR Office of CommunicationsDNRPress@wisconsin.gov The public can watch the Special Meeting via Zoom here. If the meeting is at capacity and you are unable to join, the Special Meeting will also be livestreamed here. Although the public will not be allowed to attend the …

Wisconsin’s Green Fire letter to the legislative committee chairs regarding reinstating a Wolf Harvesting Season in 2021

I’m a member of Wisconsin’s Green Fire and support WGF’s policy: WDNR should begin work now to update our Wolf Conservation Plan. In doing so we will re-engage stakeholders including sportsmen and women, conservation groups, tribal leaders, and interested citizens to establish goals and build broad public support for managing wolves and minimizing wolf-human conflicts. …

According to The Revelator here’s what the Biden Administration could do to restore Grey Wolf protections…

NPS Wolf Image By The Revelator December 2020 (the following is an excerpt from the Revelator) How to Restore Federal Protections The Biden administration could begin ensuring protection of wolves through three initial actions. First it should reverse the recent decision to delist gray wolves. The incoming secretary of the Interior could easily and immediately …

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