People & Wolves: A Wisconsin Stroy 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 people …
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 …
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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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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People & Wolves adds two interviewees to the production schedule.
The film features Adrian Wydeven, Marvin DeFoe, Peter David, Michael Waasagiizhig Price, Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., Patrick Durkin, and Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace, including interviews with farmers, hunters, WDNR staff, and Ojibwe tribal members. Meet the People we have added to the film interviews. …
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An important message from the producers of the People & Wolves Film Project.
In a year, Wisconsin’s gray wolf went from being federally protected to being brutally hunted, only to be ordered back on the Endangered Species List. In total production, People & Wolves is a Wisconsin Story Mired in Political Intrigue. Watch the trailer. https://vimeo.com/779751973 The film tells the story of Wisconsin's gray wolves, the controversies …
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People & Wolves a Story in the Making.
Wolf recovery is a never-ending story full of political intrigue. In the 24 years since becoming involved in Wisconsin's wolf recovery, I've seen it all. When I became a volunteer Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Winter wolf tracker in the year 2000, there were just 66 wolf packs. I was assigned a wolf tracking block …
People & Wolves
A Wisconsin Story "Wolves Mired in Political Intrigue" with Dr. Jane Goodall, Adrian Wydeven, Marvin Defoe and Peter David. A Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin Film, Director Rachel Tilseth, and Producer Manish Bhatt Gray wolves recolonized parts of Wisconsin in the 1970s after being killed off in the state in the 1950s and grew to …