 by Rachel Tilseth, First published in Silent Sports Magazine's April 2022 issue and reprinted with permission. Every winter, wolf trackers span out across Wisconsin's northern and central forests to count wolves. As soon as the snow flies, they are on the elusive gray wolf (Canis lupus) trail, sometimes called Timber Wolf. Gray wolves are …
Coexistence Holiday: Let’s take the first path before us and howl a chorus or two together.
To hear those howls a singing awayA howl here and a howl over thereCome on, it's lovely weather for a howl with you. Photograph credit John E Marriott Outside the snow is fallingAnd families are calling "Howl Howl"Come on, it's lovely weather for a howl with you. Awoo-yip awoo-yip let's howlLet's roll in the snowWe're …
White-tailed deer are bad for wildflowers & sugar maples and research shows how wolves are keeping them in check
With the resurgence of wolves in the region, smart deer are learning to keep away from areas with many of the predators, meaning that wildflowers and young maples there have a better chance of survival, according to a recent study by scientists from the University of Notre Dame and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. …
The call of the wild lone wolfÂ
On a cool autumn evening in October we drove down an unpaved-country road in search of the wild Wisconsin wolf. It was a perfect night for a wolf howl survey. There was a full moon out that night. The night air was cool with no breeze. A perfect night to make our human-howls carry through …
Wolves are benifical for the health of Wisconsin’s forests…
...According to a study by USDA Forest Service Research & Development: Wolf Recovery and the Future of Wisconsin's Forests: A Trophic Link Wolves were all but eradicated in Wisconsin by the late 1960s due to over hunting. In 1974 - Gray wolf listed as endangered in the lower 48 States and Mexico. Wolves flourished under the guidance …
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