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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Last call for comments to the DNR’s Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan!
The Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan comments are open until February 28, 2023. Before commenting, please read the following information in this post. Make your comments here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DC2M8W6. The following information From Wisconsin’s Green Fire Executive Director Fred Clark and Wildlife Work Group co-chair Adrian Wydeven bring a crucial voice of science in this opinion article …
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The wolf population must be capped at 350 was their cry!
On Saturday, February 18, 2023, sixty Northwoods residents attended a listening session hosted by the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation regarding the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) updated Wolf Management plan. These residents claim that the DNR should hold hearings in wolf country and listen to the concerns of the citizens living among wolves. I agree …
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Meet the People: People & Wolves, a Wisconsin Story Mired in Political Intrigue
The film tells the story of Wisconsin's gray wolves, the controversies surrounding them, and how people learn to coexist as these native predators are again fulfilling their ecological role after returning to the state about 45 years ago. This documentary will examine the various people involved, between several opposing forces for over a decade …
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A Sneak Peek of People & Wolves on Location in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
It was a cold start on Saturday morning, with the temperature gauge reading seven degrees (F). People & Wolves producer and director Rachel Tilseth and Manish Bhatt were out filming Sarah Boles & Adrian Wydeven monitoring Wisconsin's gray wolf in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Watch this short teaser. https://youtu.be/bgTVeJKCfHY We started filming in the morning …
WDNR invites the public to a listening session for the draft wolf management plan.
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public listening session for the proposed Wolf Management Plan on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, as part of the public review and comment period. This listening session is an additional opportunity to provide input on the proposed plan while the public review and comment …
Wisconsin’s Green Fire releases its recommendations for the DNR’s Draft Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan
The following was released on January 13, 2023, and updated on 01/20/23 from Wisconsin's Green Fire In November 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) released a Draft Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan. When finalized, the Plan is intended to update Wisconsin’s current Wolf Management Plan, which was approved in 1997. The Plan reflects a …
People & Wolves on location in the Chequomegon-Nicolet National Forest this winter.
In January 2022, I observed Adrain Wydeven and Sarah Boles Monitoring gray wolves in the Chequomegon-Nicolet National Forest for an article I was writing, "Tracking Wisconsin's Elusive Gray Wolf," first published in Silent Sports Magazine's April 2022 issue and reprinted with permission. This February, I will make the journey north to film Adrian and Sarah monitoring …