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Wolf loses ESA protection in the Great Lakes Feb. 10, 2012

On February 9, 2012 By

Minnesota talks about hunting season-
Hunting season bill introduced into Wisconsin legislature- 

At long last, wolves are delisted in the Great Lakes.  Now folks are looking to see if the wolf can be conserved by these states, or whether old attitudes from 19th century prevail as they have politically in Idaho and Montana.

While it should […]

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Administration proposes delisting Great Lakes wolves

On December 21, 2011 By

Massive success brings Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin wolf population far above Idaho, Montana and Wyoming-

It certainly is time to delist the wolves of the Great Lakes.  Their populations are secure. They have a huge prey base, and as we have seen from the Idaho and Montana hunting seasons, even abusive hunts do not wipe out […]

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House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill Limits Judicial Review on Wyoming and Western Great Lakes Wolf Delisting.

On July 6, 2011 By

Fiscal Year 2012 – House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill – Part 1

Today the Fiscal Year 2012 Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill was released by the House Appropriations Committee.  The bill is a very long and complicated bill which reduces all kinds of environmental protections and agency accountability to the public.  Over the next few days we will […]

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Wolves Reported on Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula

On March 29, 2010 By

A group of up to three wolves may be living on the Lower Peninsula

For many years there have been lone wolves reported on the Lower Peninsula but this is the first confirmation of more than one. The wolves may have crossed the frozen lake near Mackinac Bridge to get there from the Upper Peninsula […]

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Court-ordered Settlement Restores Endangered Species Act Protections to Great Lakes Wolves

On June 29, 2009 By

How will this affect the wolves of the Northern Rockies? RM

Press Release.
Humane Society of the United States
Center for Biological Diversity

Court-ordered Settlement Restores Endangered Species Act Protections to Great Lakes Wolves

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Update:
Great Lakes wolves returning to endangered list
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Although the Great Lakes gray wolf is officially recovered, new genetic analysis indicates it is not a pure wolf

On November 13, 2007 By

~I think this is the most important wolf story in quite a while~

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Perhaps the greatest success story in terms of numbers is the recovery of the wolf in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Recovery began, however, before genetic analysis had advanced. Far more is known today, and the recovered wolf […]

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