Richard Thiel, Wisconsin’s first wolf biologist, received honors in DC for his role with wolf education.
The article also gives a brief description of recovery in the mid-West.
Tomah man honored for work with wolves
The Tomah Journal
By Keith Zukas
On July 6, the US Fish and Wildlife Service will publish a new proposed rule 10j in the Federal Register, that will make it every easy for state agencies and even private persons to kill wolves even without them being delisted. They won’t have to scientifically prove that wolves are depleting elk herds, essentially they [...]
Continue Reading →State Wolf Population Numbers Below Preliminary Estimate. Wisconsin Ag Connection.
Continue Reading →The wolf population continues to grow in “the badger state.” Story in the Green Bay Gazette. It’s getting close to 600. The state is now taking over management.
Wolves have been treated much more gently in the Great Lakes states than in Idaho, Montana or Wyoming, and I think it’s really too bad that [...]
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This is regarding the delisting in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. The parties suing are the Human Society of the United States, the Animal Protection Institute, and Help Our Wolves Live.
Groups sue to keep gray wolf on endangered species list
Minnesota Public Radio (AP)
St. Paul, Minn. — (AP) – Three [...]
Continue Reading →Alan Gregory has a story in Counterpunch today. Midwest Wolves Fall Prey to PR Scam. Who Knew Slob Hunters Had PR Agents?
He is a regular poster at this blog and has it own at: Alan Gregory’s Conservation News.
Continue Reading →Wisconsin Ag News Headlines. Rural Groups React Positively to Removing Wolf Protections
What an informative article. It says “rural groups” and then speaks of the Safari Club and the Bear Association. Only the Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association seems rural to me. It tells us that the wolf herd in Wisconsin is 500 animals. Wolf [...]
Continue Reading →As expected, today the Department of Interior announced the proposed delisting of wolves in Idaho and Montana, but not Wyoming because of their failure to come up with an adequate wolf conservation plan.
Flat-out delisting of wolves in the Great Lakes States was announced.
Here is the news release wolfnrs012907.pdf
Update [...]
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