The Natural Resources Board will meet in person on October 25 to request approval of the Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan 2023, and the board adopt WM-03-21, proposed rules affecting chapters NR 10 and 12 related to gray wolf harvest regulations. Remote testimony from the public via Zoom may be accepted for this meeting. In-person public …
People and Wolves producers discuss the filmmaking process, and what they want to achieve with the film’s message.
Friday, April 7, 30023Â Wolf Connection Podcast interview with producer and director Rachel Tilseth and associate producer Manish Bhatt aired. Rachel and Manish spoke about the filmmaking process, the impact these issues have had on them, and what they want to achieve with the film's message. Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kjblzQwOirpux5n04DOzE?si=i7cXKGihT_C7CBsRSaJrcA This documentary will examine the …
DNR Secretary Adam Payne answered questions from the Senate’s natural resources committee regarding wolf management.
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 …
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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DNR Extends Public Comment Period for the Draft Wolf Management Plan
In a press release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced an extension to the public review and comment period for the draft Wolf Management Plan. The review period is extended until Feb. 28, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. This extension is intended to allow more time for the public to review the plan's details and …
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Will the gray wolf, an endangered species, just fresh off the list get its due process?
Image of gray wolves credit Voyageurs Wolf Project http://www.voyageurswolfproject.org In the latest round of gray wolf delisting news, a conservative advocacy group, Hunter Nation Inc, filed a lawsuit on February 2, 2021, against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Natural Resources Board (NRB). The plaintiffs believe the NRB violated their rights by not approving …
Public is Invited to Comment at a Special Natural Resources Board Meeting: As GOP Legislators Push to Establish a Trophy Wolf Hunt
Photograph credit John E Marriott This Friday January 22, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board will meet virtually for a Special Meeting to discuss the next steps to establish a wolf hunt in Wisconsin in 2021. Im a wolf tracker and founder of Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin, was glad to hear the DNR is holding …
Snare Traps Indiscriminate Killers, Land Mines Concealed in the Wilderness
...Snare Trap is a device concealed underground and baited with tantalizing attractive scents capable of causing great suffering for its victims. A male Timber wolf in northern Minnesota became the latest victim of a snare trap. He became caught in a snare trap meant to catch and ensnare small game. The snare meant for small …
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Second Hunting Hound Killed in Black Bear Pursuit Training
Eighteen days into the 2-month-long period for training hunting dogs to pursue black bear in northern Wisconsin, the WI DNR confirmed that a Plott hound hunting dog had been killed by wolves in Ashland county, Wisconsin as the bloody dog-on-wolf conflict continues. From July 1st through the end of August, hounders are allowed to train their …
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