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AP: Wisconsin wildlife officials approve new wolf management plan with no population goal
Wisconsin wildlife officials approve new wolf management plan with no population goalBY TODD RICHMOND
Updated 5:49 PM EDT, October 25, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials unanimously approved a contentious new wolf management plan Wednesday that doesn’t include a specific population goal despite demands from hunters and farmers to cap the number of wolves roaming the state.
In backing the plan, Department of Natural Resources policy board members praised it as a scientifically sound compromise that could give federal officials confidence that Wisconsin would manage its wolf population responsibly if the federal government removes protections for the species.
“Impressive work,” board member Todd Ambs told DNR large carnivore specialist Larry Johnson, who spent months developing and revising the plan in an attempt to please hunters, farmers and conservationists. “Amazing what you’ve been going through. ... Congratulations on still being upright when you got here.”
Wolf management has become one of the fiercest policy debates in Wisconsin hunting circles as the population has grown over the last three decades.
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Updated 5:49 PM EDT, October 25, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials unanimously approved a contentious new wolf management plan Wednesday that doesn’t include a specific population goal despite demands from hunters and farmers to cap the number of wolves roaming the state.
In backing the plan, Department of Natural Resources policy board members praised it as a scientifically sound compromise that could give federal officials confidence that Wisconsin would manage its wolf population responsibly if the federal government removes protections for the species.
“Impressive work,” board member Todd Ambs told DNR large carnivore specialist Larry Johnson, who spent months developing and revising the plan in an attempt to please hunters, farmers and conservationists. “Amazing what you’ve been going through. ... Congratulations on still being upright when you got here.”
Wolf management has become one of the fiercest policy debates in Wisconsin hunting circles as the population has grown over the last three decades.
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