Wisconsin wildlife officials recently released thousands of public comments on a new wolf management plan, some calling for the restoration of a statewide population limit and others urging a total hunting ban.
The comments broadly reflected all sides of the long-running debate over how to best handle the growing number of wolves in Wisconsin. DNR estimates released in September put the statewide population at more than 1,000 animals.
A pair of Republican legislators recently circulated a bill that would require Wisconsin wildlife officials to establish a new population goal for wolves in the state in their next management plan.
Madison — Gov. Tony Evers wants to make it harder for Wisconsin’s Republicancontrolled Legislature to stop conservationists and the state from buying land, proposing recently to increase the thresholds for stopping stewardship projects.
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