DNR Secretary Adam Payne answered questions from the Senate's natural resources committee... on wolf management. When asked why the plan lacks a "target number" of wolves, Payne told lawmakers he expects the agency will revisit wolf population metrics to clarify what wildlife managers think is a sustainable wolf population. He said that would be informed …
A Wisconsin state Senator, a former board member of the WI Bear Hunter’s Association, has proposed a bill to establish a new wolf population goal.
This act by two GOP legislators upholds their argument that a 1999 Wolf Management Plan capped the population at 350 individuals. These opposing forces draw lines in the sand where wolves are concerned and continue the decades-old battle regarding the state's wolves. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wolf Management Plan Draft is drawing fire …
Op Ed: Let’s move Wisconsin forward with wolves, not backward.
by Fred Clark, a forester, conservationist, and executive director of Wisconsin’s Green Fire, and Adrian Wydeven a wildlife biologist and co-chair of Wisconsin’s Green Fire’s Wildlife Work Group. In November 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) released a long-overdue Draft Wolf Management Plan reflecting the remarkable recovery of wolves in our state, new …
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