Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New rules have been approved for gray wolf hunting and trapping in Wisconsin. The rules were developed by the Department of ...

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 ...

Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources on Thursday defended the absence of a hard cap on the state's wolf population in a new management plan. The defense of the practice came during a hearing in ...

Wisconsin had an estimated 1,226 gray wolves in 336 packs in late winter 2025, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The 2025 population estimate represented a slight decline from the ...

MADISON (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 ...

In 1974 when the gray wolf was officially listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, there were only about 750 wolves in the Great Lakes region. Today, it is estimated that there are over ...

MADISON, Wis. — Wolf hunters in Wisconsin would have to register their kills faster, face a limited window for training their dogs and couldn’t disturb dens under new regulations being finalized by ...

MADISON, Wis. — Animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to invalidate Wisconsin's new wolf management plan, accusing state wildlife officials of violating the state's open meetings ...

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin wildlife officials defended their decision not to set a hard cap on the state's wolf population in their new management plan in front of a Republican-controlled legislative ...

The howl of a wolf echoed loudly through the Kickapoo Valley Reserve Visitor Center and sent a chill down my spine. I have heard that sound from deep in the woods of northern Wisconsin, but the ...