Wolves

The state's current wolf management plan dates back to 1999. At that time, the species was on a slow rebound after having been extirpated 40 years earlier. The DNR is proposing taking an adaptive management approach in its new plan.

Wisconsin established its first wolf management plan in 1999 when the species' numbers gradually grew after being extirpated decades earlier. That plan set a goal to sustain a 350-wolf population. Now the DNR proposes eliminating a number and instead relying on an adaptive management approach.

Wisconsin wildlife officials on Thursday released their first new wolf management plan in almost a quarter-century but the document doesn't establish a new statewide population goal, a number that has become a flashpoint in the fight over hunting quotas.

The board tasked with overseeing the state’s department of natural resources met in northern Wisconsin Wednesday, where conversations took both anticipated and unanticipated twists from wolf management to internal politics.

A judge has restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the U.S. after they were removed in the waning days of the Trump administration.

The Milwaukee-area is home to a lot of wildlife, but there are some animals we’d rather not see on our city blocks, predators that can pose a risk to our pets and ourselves. Although the wolf’s resurgence in Wisconsin has been great for its ecosystems, there are concerns about what they could mean for urban areas.

Six Ojibwe tribes are heading to federal court Friday morning in hopes of stopping a Wisconsin wolf hunt from taking place this fall.

A judge on Friday halted Wisconsin's fall wolf season two weeks before hunters were set to take to the woods, siding with wildlife advocacy groups who argued that holding the hunt would be unconstitutional.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials on Monday dramatically scaled back the number of wolves hunters can kill during the state’s fall season in open defiance of its policy board, setting up another clash between liberal-leaning department leaders and conservative board members.

Six Native American tribes sued Wisconsin on Tuesday to try to stop its planned gray wolf hunt in November, asserting that the hunt violates their treaty rights and endangers an animal they consider sacred.