Forum 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…

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How 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…

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Tiffany 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,…

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Gray 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…

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Wolf 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…

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What 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…

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