BY: HENRY REDMAN – OCTOBER 3, 2022 5:19 AM
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Wisconsin’s wolf population fell to 972, a decline of 14%, after thecontroversial wolf huntin February of last year, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The DNR announced its population estimate in a meeting of the Natural Resources Board on Wednesday. The hunt, which drew condemnation from conservationists, biologists and the state’s Native American tribes, exceeded the 200-wolf quota, split evenly between hunters and the state’s Ojibwe tribes.
Critics worried that the hunt would destabilize the wolf population in the state, but Randy Johnson, the DNR’s large carnivore specialist, said the agency’s estimate indicates the population is stable.
The DNR planned to hold the hunt in November of 2021 but it was scheduled for February after a lawsuit from hunting advocacy group Hunter Nation led a Jefferson County judge to
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