Wisconsin Natural Resources board overrules DNR to set a wolf kill quota at 300 for fall season

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The next Wisconsin gray wolf hunting and trapping season is scheduled to begin Nov. 6.

In a contentious meeting Wednesdaythat exposed a widening rift between some members ofthe Natural Resources Board and Department of Natural Resources staff, the boardapproved a statewide killquota of 300gray wolves in a fall Wisconsin hunting and trapping season.

The board’s vote was 5-2.

The kill goal wouldbe spread across the state’ssix wolf management zones, excluding American Indian reservations. State law requires a wolf hunting and trapping season if the species is not listed as threatened or endangered. The season is scheduled to open Nov. 6.

The actual quota available to state-licensed hunters may be less than 300depending on tribal declarations.

As of Wednesday,Ojibwe tribes, which are entitled to 50% of fish and wildlife resources in territory ceded to the U.S. in treaties, had not issued a statement on the matter.https://3dbc21e2d172aaddf1173d556f286911.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

The DNR hadproposed a quota of 130 wolves…

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