TAYLOR COUNTY SPORTSMAN’S CLUB-HUNTER NATION FORUM – Hoping to be heard
JUNE 19, 2024 – MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS TAYLOR COUNTY SPORTSMAN’S CLUB/HUNTER NATION FORUM If you’re of the opinion that wolves need to be more tightly managed in Wisconsin and beyond –– which just about every one of the at least 200 in attendance likely was at Tuesday’s predator management forum in Medford –– change…
Read MoreForum held to discuss wolf population
MEDFORD, Wis. (WAOW) By Sabrina Lee Dozens gathered in Medford to discuss the predatory impact on hunting in Wisconsin, with the grey wolf population taking center stage. Since their reintroduction to areas in Yellowstone and Idaho nearly 30 years ago, there are an estimated 950 to over a thousand wolves in the Badger state. That’s…
Read MoreHow Many Wolves Are Enough? Examining the Need to Delist the Gray Wolf
On Friday, May 3, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (CT), the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold an oversight field hearing titled “How Many Wolves Are Enough? Examining the Need to Delist the Gray Wolf.” This hearing will be focused on the impacts of an unmanaged gray wolf population on local communities. Specifically, the…
Read MoreTiffany gets wolf plan through house, calls it first step
By Benjamin Yount | The Center Square – A Northwoods’ congressman says he has the science on his side in the debate over what to do about the gray wolf. Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany got his plan to take the gray wolf off the endangered species list through the House. It was a close vote,…
Read MoreTom Tiffany – H.R. 764 to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act passed the House
May 1, H.R. 764 to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act passed the House. This is a BIG WIN for Wisconsin hunters, pet owners, and farmers. Thank you, @HunterNation , for all the support. Rep. Tom Tiffany@RepTiffany
Read MoreGray Wolf Delisting Bill (H.R. 764) Passes U.S. House
Mission, KS – Hunter Nation applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its bipartisan effort in passing Congressman Tom Tiffany’s (WI-07) and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s (CO-03) legislation to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act. The “Trust the Science Act (H.R. 764),“ removes the gray wolf from the list of endangered species and…
Read MoreNorthern Colorado ranchers reflect on the arrival of the wolves who migrated down from Wyoming
Wyoming Public Radio | By Melodie Edwards A recent decision to reintroduce wolves has created division between rural and urban Coloradoans. But wolves have actually been there a while. A few years ago, a couple migrated down from Wyoming to settle in the mountain valley of North Park, southwest of Laramie. It’s given the ranchers there…
Read MoreWolf kills a calf in Colorado, the first confirmed kill after predator’s reintroduction
by The Associated Press Thu, April 4th 2024 DENVER — A wolf has killed a calf in Colorado, wildlife officials said Wednesday, confirming the first livestock kill after 10 of the predators were controversially reintroduced in December to the aggrievement of the state’s rural residents. Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed after an investigation that the wounds of…
Read MoreWhat deer and wolf numbers in Bayfield County reveal about Wisconsin wildlife policy debates
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has released its 2023 figures for that season’s deer hunt harvest, the state’s estimated wolf population and depredation payments, illustrating the complex trends central to the politics of regulating a controversial and charismatic animal. By Nathan Denzin | Here & Now (PBS Wisconsin) Deer hunting comes up a lot when people…
Read MoreHere’s where Colorado’s new wolves roamed in March as they expanded their territory
The Denver Post By Elise Schmelzer One wolf’s collar is no longer working, wildlife officials said. Colorado’s reintroduced wolves continue to roam widely across the state in the last month, though wildlife officials who released a tracking map said the geolocating collar for one of the canines was no longer working. The 12 wolves known…
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