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  1. Committee to recommend wolf hunt quotas at meeting today

    Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that a meeting today in Wausau could determine wolf hunt quotas.

    • May 23, 2013

  2. Upper Mich. residents say wolf hunt will control a killer

    John Koski grips the old blanket in knobby hands weathered from a lifetime of farming. He pulls it back to reveal the carcasses of two cows, or what's left of them. More than half of each is picked clean, the spine and rib bones almost a polished white, with no traces of flesh. Some of the rib bones are snapped and show evidence of being gnawed upon.

    • May 20, 2013

  3. Committee bans night wolf hunting

    The Legislature's finance committee has quietly left a provision that would ban night wolf hunting in Gov. Scott Walker's budget.

    • May 16, 2013

  4. State commission approves wolf hunt in Michigan

    Michigan now has a wolf hunting season after a board voted Thursday to allow hunters and trappers to kill up to 43 of the animals in selected parts of the state's Upper Peninsula.

    • May 9, 2013

  5. Michigan governor OKs bill that could allow wolf hunt

    Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday that clears the way to schedule Michigan's first gray wolf hunting season since the resurgent predator, reviled by some as a menace to farm animals and beloved by others as a symbol of untamed wildness, was driven to the brink of extinction in the lower 48 states a half-century ago.

    • May 9, 2013

  6. Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary welcomes wolf pups

    The Bay Beach wildlife sanctuary has welcomed two wolf pups into their care from a sanctuary in Florida.

    • May 8, 2013

  7. DNR: Wolf count indicates population has stabilized, slightly declined

    The 2013 Wisconsin wolf count indicates there are a minimum of 809 to 834 wolves in the state, including 215 packs and 15 lone wolves, according to Department of Natural Resources officials. This count compares to the 2012 count of a minimum of 815 to 880 wolves, including 213 packs and 20 lone wolves.

    • May 6, 2013
  8. Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, which would end a decades-long effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range. AP

    Draft rule ends protections for gray wolves

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range.

    • Apr. 26, 2013

  9. Elk Foundation to intervene in Great Lakes wolf lawsuit

    The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by several animal rights groups seeking to return gray wolves in the Great Lakes region to the Endangered Species List. If granted, Judge Beryl A. Howell will consider RMEF positions in her U.S. District Court in Washington D.C.

    • Apr. 25, 2013

  10. Wolf population in Wisconsin holds steady

    Outdoor columnist and reporter Paul Smith of jsonline.com reports that despite hunting and trapping in 2012, the state's wolf population has stayed about the same.

    • Apr. 12, 2013

  11. Humane societies appeal Wis. wolf hunt ruling

    MADISON, Wis. — A group of humane societies Friday appealed a Dane County judge's ruling that wolf hunters can use dogs, extending their fight to erase one of the most polarizing elements of Wisconsin's wolf season.

    • Apr. 12, 2013

  12. Columnist details appeal filed in wolf hunting with dogs lawsuit

    Columnist Paul Smith of jsonline.com writes about the appeal filed by the plaintiffs in the wolf hunting with dogs lawsuit.

    • Apr. 12, 2013

  13. Outdoorsmen vote: No dogs in wolf hunt

    Wisconsin outdoor enthusiasts who attended the Conservation Congress' spring hearings narrowly voted to ban wolf hunters from using dogs while overwhelmingly approving tighter regulations governing the practice.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  14. Gordon Thayer, chairman of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, delivers the State of the Tribes address Tuesday in the Assembly chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison. AP

    Chippewa leader slams DNR 'propaganda,' mining legislation in tribal address

    A Chippewa leader took Wisconsin officials to task Tuesday in the annual State of the Tribes address.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
  15. In this March 9 photo, Adrian Wydeven, a DNR biologist who has helped manage the wolf recovery program in Wisconsin, said tracking surveys this season will be important for helping to set wolf populations as well as quotas for the 2013 wolf hunt in Clam Lake. AP

    Survey: Wis. outdoorsmen favor wolf-dog hunt rules

    A majority of Wisconsin outdoorsmen support the Department of Natural Resources' proposed new rules for using dogs to hunt wolves, according to a statewide vote released Tuesday.

    • Apr. 9, 2013
  16. David McFarland WDNR Photo

    MacFarland named new DNR carnivore specialist

    David MacFarland, who has worked as the wolf, bear and furbearer research scientist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources since 2010, has been named to the position of carnivore staff specialist for DNR Bureau of Wildlife Management.

    • Apr. 10, 2013

  17. Wolf hunt debated at Conservation Congress meeting in Sun Prairie

    WXOW.com News 19 in La Crosse reports that a Wisconsin Conservation Congress meeting in Sun Prairie on Monday night included debate on the wolf hunt.

    • Apr. 9, 2013

  18. DNR secretary explains cut in wolf hunt fees

    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp is defending a plan to cut wolf hunt permit fees to the Legislature's budget committee.

    • Mar. 26, 2013
  19. In this March 9, 2013 photo, Adrian Wydeven, a wolf biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, follows wolf tracks in the Chequemagon National Forest near Clam Lake. Wydeven has helped run the agency's wolf recovery program for the past two decades. AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Ron Seely

    Inside the life of wolf 475

    As Adrian Wydeven drove the snowy wilds of the Chequamegon National Forest, keeping an eye out the truck window for signs of wolves, his thoughts returned again and again to one old wolf, different from any he had ever encountered, and that for years made these remote forests and swamps her home.

    • Mar. 21, 2013
  20. Wolf lying in snow , Canada Getty Images/Comstock Images

    Walker budget ends night wolf hunt

    A provision tucked into Republican Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget would bar hunters from killing wolves at night, eliminating one of the most contentious elements of Wisconsin's wolf hunt regulations.

    • Mar. 20, 2013
  21. A gray wolf pup from the Calder Mountain pack west of Troy, Mont. With more than 222 gray wolves killed by Montana hunters and trappers this winter, Gov. Steve Bullock and wildlife officials say they now have the tools in place to manage the predator as they seek to drive down the population to roughly 400 animals statewide. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks

    Congress members seek continued wolf protections

    Dozens of U.S. House members urged federal regulators Tuesday to retain legal protections for gray wolves across most of the lower 48 states, saying the resilient predator could continue expanding its range if humans don't get in the way.

    • Mar. 6, 2013

  22. Democrat wants dogs banned from wolf hunt

    A Democratic state senator plans to introduce a longshot bill that would prohibit Wisconsin wolf hunters from using dogs, marking another chapter in a months-long battle to stop the practice before it begins.

    • Mar. 4, 2013

  23. DNR Secretary releases statement on lawsuit to re-list Western Great Lakes wolves

    Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp issued the following statement on Tuesday’s filing of a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by The Humane Society of the United States and other groups, to restore federal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region:

    • Feb. 13, 2013
  24. A gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. in 2004. The Humane Society of the United States and other animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit today in federal court in the District of Columbia to restore federal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region that were lifted last year. AP

    Groups sue to end Midwest wolf hunt

    MINNEAPOLIS — The Humane Society of the United States and other animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to restore federal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region that were lifted last year.

    • Feb. 12, 2013

  25. Blogger Steve Meurett envies DNR pilot's view

    As it happens so many times for me, a photograph often spurs a thought or an interest-it shouldn’t be a surprise, I tend to be a visual person. That was the case when I was treated to the image taken by Wisconsin DNR pilot Beverly Paulan during a recent wildlife survey flight. Before I even closely identified what was in the image, I was struck by the composition, the color and patterns in the winter scene (the photographer in me I suppose).

    • Jan. 18, 2013
  26. Gannett Wisconsin Media photo

    Wis. DNR wants wolf rules on spring ballot

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources wants to ask outdoor lovers what they think of new wolf-dog hunting rules.

    • Jan. 14, 2013
  27. Trappers took 53 percent of the gray wolves killed during Wisconsin's inaugural wolf season. Patrick Durkin/Press-Gazette Media correspondent

    Patrick Durkin column: Inaugural wolf season will provide bounty of info

    Our understanding of gray wolves will advance far more from Wisconsin's recent hunting season than from the 117 candles that animal rights activists planned to light Friday to honor wolves killed during the hunt.

    • Jan. 12, 2013

  28. Wisconsin animal lovers plans memorial for dead wolves

    Animal lovers are planning a memorial for the wolves Wisconsin hunters killed this fall.

    • Jan. 9, 2013
  29. A Madison judge has ruled people can hunt wolves with dogs but blocked them from training dogs to go after the animals. Associated Press

    Judge allows wolf hunting with dogs

    Wisconsin hunters can chase down wolves with dogs during the state season but cannot train them to pursue the animals during the rest of the year, a judge ruled Friday in a victory for animal advocates.

    • Jan. 4, 2013
  30. In this undated photo provided by Jayne Belsky via the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, is a gray wolf in a wooded area near Wisconsin Dells, Wis. File/AP

    Judge to rule today in wolf hunt challenge

    A Madison judge is expected to rule on whether hunters can use dogs to go after wolves.

    • Jan. 4, 2013

  31. Hound killed by wolves in Jackson County

    Wildlife Services confirmed that wolves recently killed a hound that was chasing coyotes on county forest lands in Komensky Township in Jackson County. It appears that 2 or 3 wolves attacked the 5-and-1/2-year-old Plott hound. Two other dogs were uninjured.

    • Jan. 4, 2013

  32. DNR to offer wolf tracking workshop

    State wildlife officials will offer a wolf tracking workshop in far northwestern Wisconsin next month.

    • Dec. 24, 2012

  33. Wolf hunting, trapping season ends today

    Wisconsin's inaugural wolf season is set to close Sunday afternoon, as hunters and trappers are on the verge of reaching the statewide quota. Five of the six wolf-harvest zones were already closed. The last one shuts down Sunday at 5 p.m.

    • Dec. 22, 2012
  34. Animals tracks are seldom hard to find in Wisconsin's Northwoods, until you start hunting for those made for wolves. Patrick Durkin/For Wisconsinoutdoorfun.com

    Patrick Durkin column: Wolves prove hard to track

    A dogwood branch bent backward against my truck's windshield as I rolled slowly down a two-track in the Chequamegon National Forest and then sprung loose, slapping my cheek through the open window. Served me right, I guess.

    • Dec. 23, 2012
  35. Wisconsin's new wolf season did not worsen wolf poaching during deer season. Herb Lange/Wisconsin DNR

    Patrick Durkin column: Predictions of rampant wolf poaching fizzle

    Many folks predicted Wisconsin's inaugural wolf season this year would trigger a poaching boom and put gray wolves back on the federal government's endangered species list.

    • Dec. 16, 2012

  36. Wolf hunt closed in Zone 6 effective at 5 p.m. today

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has closed Wolf Harvest Zone 6 to hunting and trapping of gray wolves effective 5 p.m., Friday, Dec.14, 2012.

    • Dec. 14, 2012

  37. Michigan Legislature OKs bill authorizing wolf hunts

    Michigan moved to the brink of establishing hunting seasons for the gray wolf early Friday, as the state Legislature gave final approval to a bill designating the once-imperiled species a game animal.

    • Dec. 14, 2012

  38. Hunting and trapping of wolves closed in Wolf Zone 5

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has closed Wolf Harvest Zone 5 to hunting and trapping of gray wolves effective 9 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012.

    • Dec. 11, 2012

  39. Contrasting Wisconsin and Minnesota's wolf hunts

    Minnesota Public Radio has posted a story comparing the Wisconsin wolf hunt to the wolf hunt in Minnesota.

    • Dec. 11, 2012
  40. In this undated photo provided by Jayne Belsky via the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, is a gray wolf in a wooded area near Wisconsin Dells. AP Photo/Jayne Belsky via the Wisconsin Department

    Wisconsin DNR proposes wolf-dog hunting rules

    Wisconsin wildlife officials have proposed new regulations governing when wolf hunters can train their dogs as they grapple with a lawsuit alleging their current wolf hunt policies will create bloody wolf-on-dog brawls.

    • Dec. 9, 2012

  41. Blogger Steve Meurett debunks big wolf tale

    Everyone has been duped a time or two-but in the online world, if it looks too good to be true it probably is.

    • Dec. 4, 2012

  42. Wisconsin closes another wolf harvest zone

    Wisconsin has closed a third wolf harvest zone.

    • Dec. 2, 2012

  43. Column: Writer has wolf hunt all wrong

    Shawn Clark's recent column on Wisconsinoutdoorfun.com is all wrong.

    • Nov. 2, 2012

  44. DNR: 20 wolves killed during the deer hunt

    Twenty wolves were reported killed during this year's gun deer hunting season in Wisconsin.

    • Nov. 26, 2012
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