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There won't be a wolf hunt this winter in Wisconsin Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel After four hours of often emotional public testimony, including from tribal members who consider the wolf a brother and a dairy farmer who has watched calves eaten alive by the predators, the Natural Resources Board voted Friday against holding a wolf hunting and trapping season this winter in Wisconsin. The vote by the citizen board, which sets policy for the Department of Natural Resources, was 4-3. The special meeting was called after a group of Republican legislators last week...

Groups file a lawsuit to restore endangered species protections to wolves Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Photo courtesy of landowner and Michigan DNR An adult male wolf fitted with a GPS tracking collar Jan. 30 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was captured April 15 on a trail camera in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Wildlife advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to restore Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in Wisconsin and most other states. The action was in response to the Jan. 4 delisting of the species by the U.S. Fish and ...

Wolf hunting comes to Wisconsin; State sets first wolf season since 2014

Fox21Online December 13, 2020 MADISON, Wis.– Wisconsin’s wolf hunting season will take place November 2021 after being sidelined since the last hunt in 2014. This comes after the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced in October that it would take grey wolves off of the endangered species list. The Wisconsin DNR says framework for the new season will include public input and consultation with the state’s Native American tribes. After that, a harvesting cap will be figured out for the season. “It is tremendously important to us to have a good, robust, strong population of wolves and we...