From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources:
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that they will host two open houses for the public to learn about the revised draft of the 2023 Wolf Management Plan.
These open houses will take place at Northwood Technical College in Ashland, Wisconsin on Oct. 2 and at UW-Stevens Point – Marshfield in Marshfield, Wisconsin on Oct. 3. Both events will take place from 5-7 p.m. Attendees may come and go throughout these events.
The open houses will give attendees an opportunity to have their questions answered about the plan by Wisconsin DNR staff.
The revised draft of the 2023 Wolf Management Plan was released by the DNR on Aug. 1, 2023. It will be presented to the Natural Resources Board this fall during their meeting on Oct. 25.
EVENT DETAILS
What: Wolf Management Plan Open House
When: 5-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2
Where: Northwood Technical College
2100 Beaser Ave
Ashland, WI 54806
Conference Center – Rooms 305, 306 and 307
What: Wolf Management Plan Open House
When: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3
Where: UW-Stevens Point – Marshfield Campus
2000 W. 5th Street
Marshfield, WI 54449
Jean Vanguard Community Room – Room 514
Q&A: How the Wolves’ Return Enhances Biodiversity
From Inside Climate News:
In Yellowstone National Park, the reintroduction of the gray wolf in the 1990s has helped reduce an exploding elk population, which in turn helped save plants along streams and rivers, which provide habitat for migrating birds, building materials for beavers, and dam ponds for fish and frogs.
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Brussels will review wolf protection in Europe | Climate and environment
From Nation World News:
The European Commission will review the protection status of the wolf in Europe given the “real danger” posed by the concentration of this animal in some regions of the continent and is considering “making the conditions for this more flexible”. These animals may be depressed In order to make an informed decision, Brussels has decided to expand a consultation launched in April to invite “local communities, scientists and all interested parties…”
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Wisconsin DNR explains wolf management plan to state Senate committee
From PBS Wisconsin:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials defended their decision not to set a hard cap on the state’s wolf population in their new management plan in front of a Republican-controlled legislative committee on Sept. 21, saying a firm limit doesn’t reflect the complexities of wolf management.
Randy Johnson, the Department of Natural Resources’ large carnivore specialist, told the state Senate’s sporting heritage committee that a lack of a hard limit gives the agency more flexibility to manage the species, allows local packs to fluctuate and gives the population a better chance at maintaining wolf abundance for years to come.
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‘Moving forward’: New leader for Yellowstone Wolf Project talks research goals, challenges
From Bozeman Daily Chronicle:
When Daniel Stahler started work in Yellowstone National Park in 1997, it wasn’t clear how the ambitious push to restore wolves to their native habitat would go.
As a recently-graduated wildlife biologist in his 20s, Stahler volunteered to help with the novel Yellowstone Wolf project. He fed wolves meat in their pens as they waited to be released into the park — the first step in reacclimating wolves to the landscape and restoring the keystone predator’s population from near extinction.
“I kind of got my foot in the door at the very early stages,” Stahler said in an interview. “And essentially, I never left.”
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Wolf steals trail camera and video evidence ‘is a bit telling’
From Yahoo! Sports:
A remote trail camera in Alberta, Canada, has captured nighttime footage showing a wolf running off with another camera.
The footage is amusing in that viewers can track the purloined camera in the wolf’s muzzle because of a bright light detected by other trail cameras.
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Wolf numbers increase in France, rules on hunting them to be relaxed
From Connexion:
The wolf population has grown radically in the past five years in France, both in their number and in the territory that they cover. As a result the government has changed their categorisation from a ‘strictly protected’ to a ‘protected’ species, causing alarm among conservation groups.
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EU parliament divided on plans to review wolves’ conservation status
From EuroNews:
The European Commission’s plans to review the conservation status of the wolf in Europe has divided the European Parliament.
In a debate convened by the European People’s Party (EPP) on Wednesday, right-leaning members of the European Parliament (MEPs) said the review was necessary to protect the livelihood of farmers in highland regions, whose livestock are being decimated by wolf packs.
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DNR To Host Two Open Houses On Revised Wolf Management Plan
From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources:
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that they will host two open houses for the public to learn about the revised draft of the 2023 Wolf Management Plan.
These open houses will take place at Northwood Technical College in Ashland, Wisconsin on Oct. 2 and at UW-Stevens Point – Marshfield in Marshfield, Wisconsin on Oct. 3. Both events will take place from 5-7 p.m. Attendees may come and go throughout these events.
The open houses will give attendees an opportunity to have their questions answered about the plan by Wisconsin DNR staff.
The revised draft of the 2023 Wolf Management Plan was released by the DNR on Aug. 1, 2023. It will be presented to the Natural Resources Board this fall during their meeting on Oct. 25.
EVENT DETAILS
What: Wolf Management Plan Open House
When: 5-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2
Where: Northwood Technical College
2100 Beaser Ave
Ashland, WI 54806
Conference Center – Rooms 305, 306 and 307
What: Wolf Management Plan Open House
When: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3
Where: UW-Stevens Point – Marshfield Campus
2000 W. 5th Street
Marshfield, WI 54449
Jean Vanguard Community Room – Room 514
Wisconsin DNR defends lack of population goal in wolf management plan
From AP:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials defended their decision not to set a hard cap on the state’s wolf population in their new management plan in front of a Republican-controlled legislative committee Thursday, saying a firm limit doesn’t reflect the complexities of wolf management.
Randy Johnson, the Department of Natural Resources’ large carnivore specialist, told the state Senate’s sporting heritage committee that a lack of a hard limit gives the agency more flexibility to manage the species, allows local packs to fluctuate and gives the population a better chance at maintaining wolf abundance for years to come.
“The plan recommends adjusting management actions in response to observed real-world conditions,” Johnson said.
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After a long abscence, Fish and Wildlife Service to bring wolves back to Colorado
From KJZZ:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will reintroduce wolves to Colorado.
Conservationists support the release, but they say the government needs to do more to promote genetic diversity in Arizona’s population.
Although wolves from neighboring states occasionally venture into Colorado, it has not had a self-sustaining population for decades.
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