A former Wisconsin DNR furbearer and large carnivore biologist called the Great Lakes Region wolf population fully recovered – and said that recovery occurred years ago.
Nathan Roberts, now a biology professor at the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo., testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee March 25 on a bill that would federally delist wolves.
Latest federal bill to delist wolves gets a hearing Read More »
A yellow Lab mixed breed dog that lost its life to a wolf or wolves on Feb. 2 stands as one of three verified wolf/”house” dog incidents so far in 2025 from Wisconsin.
That dog represents the first of two dogs confirmed as wolf kills this year. A fourth incident – a second dead dog, a hunting dog – was confirmed as wolf depredation in the town of Bear Bluff in Jackson County on Feb. 22, with the verification being made by a USDA-Wildlife Services employee.
Three domestic dog and wolf incidents in Wisconsin confirmed through early 2025 Read More »
The number of groups now working together on wake boat issues has now reached 65 of various backgrounds across Wisconsin.
Lake and river groups are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with sporting groups and other in the Coalition to Protect Wisconsin’s Lakes to look for responsible regulation of enhanced wakes on Wisconsin’s waters. The coalition represents the largest of its kind in the state’s history.
Coalition to Protect Wisconsin Lakes now includes 65 groups Read More »
The gray wolf’s tolerance for humans and road densities was a research topic presented at the Great Lakes Wolf Symposium at Northland College in October, with presenter Grace Lavan, of the Fond du Lac Reservation Resource Management Division in Minnesota, sharing results of her study on the subject, updating information found in older studies.
Researchers have found that humans account for 67% of wolf mortality, with poaching the dominant cause of wolf mortality despite the fact that wolves in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota have been mostly under some level of federal protection.
At this year’s Great Lakes Wolf Symposium at Northland College in Ashland, Wis., Alejandra Perez, a graduate student at Michigan State University’s Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, presented her work on how wolves in the Great Lakes Region are doing and how researchers evaluate changes in wolf survival and mortality over the years.
Study shows Great Lakes wolf survival not linked to federal listing status Read More »
Ashland, Wis. — Minnesota was the only state in the Upper Midwest where wolves were not completely extirpated back in the days of bounties before the species was first put on the federal endangered species list in 1974.
DNR says wolf population in state continues to be stable in Minnesota Read More »
Federal officials in Minnesota set a record in 2023 with 248 wolves trapped on or near farms, with the first wolf trapped in May. Wolf trapping was off to a quick start early in 2024, but tapered off after problem wolves were removed from farms.
That update came from Duane Sahr, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services, as he spoke about the wolf/livestock conflict program in Minnesota during the Timber Wolf Alliance’s Great Lakes Wolf Symposium, Oct. 15-17, in Ashland, Wis.
Number of Minnesota wolves trapped by feds peaked in 2023 Read More »
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula doesn’t see nearly the livestock and pet losses to wolves as does Wisconsin and Minnesota, but that’s largely because there aren’t a lot of farms in the Upper Peninsula.
Brian Roell covered that topic and a review of Michigan’s wolf/livestock conflict program during the Timber Wolf Alliance’s Great Lakes Wolf Symposium Oct. 15-17 in Ashland, Wis. Roell is the large carnivore specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Wolf depredation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula behind Wisconsin, Minnesota Read More »
Dead cattle, sheep, and horses that can easily be confirmed as wolf kills by federal agents are the most visible and “accountable” losses suffered by producers.
That information reaches the public. An “X” amount of money was paid out for “X” number of dead livestock for the year. What’s less talked about – and known – outside of livestock circles is the extensive impact on livestock that encounter wolves, but are not killed.
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