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We are looking for signs of wolf predation. If you know of an area that is being hit particularly hard this winter by wolf predation or if you have current photos or videos of kills or kill sites with any evidence of wolves being the cause of the deer kill, please contact us right away: sportsman-webmaster@hotmail.com
If you should come across a kill and you're not sure, please contact us anyway. These kill sites do not last long, they need to be documented as soon as possible. Please keep your cameras handy and document what you do find (wolves, kills, remains, tracks etc...)! Exposing the problem is key in getting some action taken to control the wolf population.
(I will keep you completely anonymous if you so desire. ~ Nanette)
If you have an automatic camera, please get it up and running!
Thank you!
Schoolcraft resident video tapes
a wolf from his front porch / March 2009
Click here for the stills.
Video of wolf eating prey in front yard of Schoolcraft Co. residence
Now, protect farmers
The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday, March 10:
The
Interior Department's decision Friday to remove the gray wolf from the
endangered species list is a sensible measure that allows Wisconsin and
some other states to find the proper balance between protection of
wolves and protecting the rights of farmers whose livestock could be
threatened by a burgeoning wolf population.... More.
Wolves encouraged to leave Central Idaho backyard
by The Associated Press/March 19, 2009
TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- State officials are using "cracker shells" and helicopter hazing to frighten away a pack of wolves that has been making elk kills a few hundred yards away from homes in central Idaho.
The 10-member Phanton Hill wolf pack arrived in the Hailey area earlier this month on its normal travels in search of food, said wildlife biologist Regan Berkley of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
"We want to make them think that humans are not someone they want to be too close to," she said.
Berkley said the hazing will also include... More.Wolf delisting effort supported
By JOHN PEPIN Journal Staff Writer / March 15, 2009
MARQUETTE - Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials are applauding a recent decision by U.S. Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar to agree to take gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes Region off the federal threatened and endangered species list.
The move affirms a decision made in the waning days of the Bush Administration, which has been studied by officials working in the Obama Administration.
The delisting will take effect 30 days after the action is published in The Federal Register. The order will also apply to some wolves located in the western Rocky Mountains.
"Gray wolves have made a strong and successful recovery in our state," DNR Director Rebecca Humphries said. "This decision will allow management of the species to be performed by the state, so that we can fully implement the state's wolf management plan."
Brian Roell, the DNR's Michigan wolf management coordinator who works at the Marquette office, said he's glad about the upcoming delisting action.... More.Wolf Predation in Gulliver, MI
February 26, 2009 / By Gregg Stoll
By T. R. Mader, Research Division
It has been
widely discussed whether a healthy wild wolf has ever attacked a human on this
continent. In fact, many say such attacks have never occurred in North America.
Click here to read the reports by T.R. Mader.
A Pack Of Wolves Kill Woman In Georgia
February 22, 2009
According to The Windsor Star, a woman in Georgia, near the village of Giorgitsminda, about 40 kilometers from the capital Tbilisi, was found dead, killed by a pack of wolves. What’s most disgusting about this event is that it didn’t need to happen.
Over the past month there have been several reports of wolf attacks on humans and livestock in the area. Two weeks ago a woman was attacked by wolves and seriously injured in the village of Pirosmani.... More.Urgent Intervention Required
Wolf pack kills woman
Georgian villagers armed for self-defense
Helena Bedwell, Bloomberg / February 21, 2009
A pack of wolves killed a woman in the Kakheti region of eastern Georgia in the third attack in a month, leading authorities to hand out weapons to locals for self-defence.
"We are putting Kakheti on high alert," Gov. Gia Chalatashvili said Friday in televised comments.
"Residents will be given guns and ammunition to defend themselves. Police will also be involved."
Ashton Man Rescues Dog From Wolf Attack
Feb. 26, 2009 / By Danielle Grant, Local News 8 ReporterPredators viciously attack an innocent Ashton family's pet.
The owners say earlier Wednesday morning a pack of nine wolves mauled their dog.
When the husband realized what was happening, he bolted out the door and rescued their yellow lab from the jaws of the wolves.
Idaho Fish and Game says it's mating season and since this family lives on the outskirts of Ashton, it's likely to see those predators out looking to establish new territory.
It's a story of bravery and an instinct to fight for someone you love...... More.
WARNING: Wolves are on the prowl
Wolves are getting bolder as they search for mates
By ELIZABETH LADEN
ISLAND PARK — It’s mating season for wolves, and the young members of area wolf packs are on the prowl for mates that will help them start their own packs.Wolves have been spotted in and near Harriman State Park and in all areas of Island Park, including subdivisions and on the groomed snowmobile trails. Recently, one was seen prowling around the Sunrise Cafe south of Ashton (formerly the Fall River Cafe). Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials say cooking odors may have attracted the wolf to the restaurant..... More.
The above article is from 2-19-09 The collared wolf photo was taken this month in Delta County - MI
< Nanette by wolf / coyote den in Alger County Michigan. These dens where every where in my old hunting area! After shooting a doe one bow season, I tracked the blood trail into the swamp. It became dark and was raining pretty good, so I decided to call it and return the next day to do a grid. When I was leaving the woods about a dozen wolves sounded off behind me! It made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end! I was also certain that they had just sounded off in celebration of locating my doe.
I came back the next morning and did my grid. The only thing I could locate left of my doe was the lower half of her jaw. The bone was fresh, white and hadn't turned that off-white bone color yet. I searched every inch of that woods and the lower jaw is all that was left of her. These dens were every where. The wolves were also marking their turf, they mark their runways with scat. The dens varied in sizes. Most were dug out under old stumps. I'd see wolves or eyes peering on me when walking into my blind. They would stalk me as I walked in, walking next to me in the woods. I also had them come in to my bait pile while sitting. They were clearly on a hunt, wasting no time zig-zagging in and back out. My daughter and myself had one run out in front of us going into my blind. You don't realize how big they are until you see one. The day a pair came in to investigate my shooting lane, I thought I had deer coming as I saw them through the trees . I would also come upon many wolf tracks in my little area. In seeing this much wolf sign, in just my little hunting area, I don't believe that we only have 500 wolves in Michigan in my opinion. I am personally fascinated by these predators, but I believe we need to manage the wolf population in order to maintain a healthy deer herd.
I will keep you anonymous is you so desire.
President's action shelves wolf delisting for now
State official still hopeful new administration will move to delist
 | Raymond T. Rivard News Editor |
Last week's announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that the gray wolf was to be delisted in the Great Lakes and most of the Rocky Mountain regions came to a quick end with the inauguration of President Barack Obama and his order to freeze all pending administrative rules that had not yet been published in the Federal Register.
The president's decision on the freeze added yet another chapter in the efforts to get the wolf off the endangered species list and onto the state's management plan - an effort that has its roots going back to the Clinton Administration.
"This is not just the work of one or two administrations," DNR mammal ecologist and wolf expert Adrian Wydeven said last week after learning about the order from Barack Obama.
Wydeven said that the origins of the effort to delist the wolf began back in 1998 by then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt.
"Once the population recovered, the effort started," Wydeven said. "It's been 11 years now since then and right now we're not real sure what's going to happen ... nobody seems to know," he said. ..."
Click here to read more.
New administration impacts wolf status
Jan 27, 2009 - By Brandon Roberts, The Western News
"Just 48 hours into his new administration, President Barack Obama placed a moratorium on former President George W. Bush’s 11th-hour measures.
“The use of an executive order to freeze what is in the pipeline for review has become standard operating procedure,” said David Parker, political science professor at Montana State University. “It is the normal dance of politics.”The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s effort to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list in the northern Rockies and the western Great Lakes regions is one of the measures up for re-evaluation..."
Click here to read more.
Update on Great Lakes gray wolves expected today
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 12/24/2008
"Nearly three months after a federal judge ruled that wolves in
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan need to be protected, a federal
agency still feels the wild animals should be delisted. In September,
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled to overturn the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service's decision to remove gray wolves from the endangered
species list--even though the three states previously were told they
could allow them to be hunted. But now the Fish and Wildlife Service is
considering other options, such as publishing a new delisting rule that
would address concerns raised in the lawsuit and allow the agency to
remove the wolf from 'protected' status...."
Wrong On Endangered Species Act Interpretation
December 26, 2008
One of the problems in dealing with the Endangered Species Act is the continued false declarations of what the Endangered Species Act says. In the Summit Daily News, an article pertaining to the feds rejection of wolf reintroduction into the Southern Rockies, Rob Edward, of WildEarth Guardians was quoted as saying the ESA requires the feds to reintroduce wolves to the Southern Rockies.
Unfortunately, this is the kind of misinterpretation of the ESA that gets printed. People read it and accept it as fact when it is a dishonest and incorrect interpretation...." Click here to read more.According to Rob Edward, of WildEarth Guardians, the Endangered Species Act requires the government to restore threatened plants and animals to “all or a significant portion” of the species’ historic range. According to Edward, wolves only live in less than 5 percent of their historic range.
MDNR's Wolf Management Plan (Pdf)
Wolf forum discussions:
Wolf Management Plan Postponed!
http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/bureaucraticbs.htm?forumID=1948414&page=1&topicID=1205300
New Wolf Management Plan?
http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/bureaucraticbs.htm?forumID=1948414&page=1&topicID=1306590
Wisconsin: Deaths of six wolves investigated
Click here for more articles on this topic.
Information On Northern Rocky Mountain Wolves
December 23, 2008
"This edition of The Outdoorsman focuses a lot on the 20%-plus hunting, fishing and trapping license fee increase being requested by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. As is always the case, the Outdoorsman in loaded with history and facts about wildlife management. I would like to point out that even though the Outdoorsman
originates out of Idaho and much of the articles and information
pertain specifically to Idaho, I subscribe to it and read it regularly
because it contains a wealth of information that can be applied to most
any state wildlife management programs....."
Can We Conclude There Are More Wolves?
December 5, 2008 - By Tom Remington from Black Bear Blog
"What a confusing mess! I guess this is another classic example of government making shambles out of anything they touch. Idaho Department of Fish and Game in their most recent wolf report shows they have confirmed wolf kills on livestock outnumbering last year. The same report shows more wolves have been killed than last year but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in September that wolf populations were on the decline in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. So what gives?
According to IDFG, since January 1, 2008 until November 24, 2008, they have 325 confirmed kills by wolves - 100 cattle, 212 sheep and 13 dogs. For all of last year, there were 278 confirmed kills - 57 cattle, 211 sheep and 10 dogs. Can we conclude that there are more wolves?
Perhaps but we could also say certain conditions made the wolves more hungry or as some would probably like to say, the ranchers aren’t taking care of their livestock.
DNR investigates the massive killing of livestock in Bruce Crossing.
September 8, 2008 - By Marqui MappBRUCE CROSSING -- "Four days after what one Bruce Crossing couple calls the worst depredation on their farm yet, Sandra Augustine and Daniel Haltug are still finding dead livestock, feathers, and cracked eggs strewn around their yard.
"Most of them were around the pond,” said Haltug. “They were scattered all over the front yard. They were scattered in the field. There were dead ones on the road and the backyard. They were everywhere."
Augustine
was on her way to work Thursday morning when she discovered that all 38
of her geese and 11 of her ducks had been killed...."
Pro-wolf:
Poachers Kill Resurgent Wolves, Despite Protection
"....They're born killers," said Al Clemens, a hunter from Ironwood who has lobbied state legislators to establish wolf hunting and trapping seasons. "... People are just fed up."
Yes, wolves eat deer, but not enough to put a serious dent in the total, Roell said.
"Wolves are an easy scapegoat," he added.
The wolf isn't universally despised in the region. The DNR says a 2005 survey indicated most residents were willing to peacefully coexist. In fact, tips from citizens have been instrumental in nabbing poachers.
Still, most cases go unsolved, and many illegal kills undoubtedly never come to official attention. "Yoopers," as Upper Peninsula residents call themselves, even have a catch phrase for dispatching a wolf and hiding the evidence: "Shoot, shovel and shut up."....
....The ruling means for now, state officials in Michigan and Wisconsin no longer can kill wolves that repeatedly prey on livestock or pets -- a crucial provision in management plans the states had crafted. The states are seeking permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to continue doing so. (Minnesota can use lethal control because its population is listed only as "threatened," not "endangered.")
Without that option, some fear public support for wolves will decline -- and poaching will rise as frustrated farmers and hunters take matters into their own hands.
"It's going to make some criminals out of honest people," said John Talsma, a retired veterinarian....."
Wolves kill more livestock in 2007 in Idaho
by The Associated Press
Thursday December 04, 2008, 2:40 PM
"Wolves in Idaho have killed 325 cattle, sheep and dogs so far in 2008, the
Idaho Department of Fish and Game says. The reported kills through Nov. 24
-- 212 sheep, 100 cattle and 13 dogs -- are 47 more than in all of 2007. . . . "
Gray Wolf Pack Takes Down Bull Elk
Big game numbers are down.by on December 10, 2008
Click to see a graphic video of wolves taking down an Elk
Experts Reaffirm Boone and Crockett Club Position on Wolves
MISSOULA, Mont.— (AmmoLand.com)- "Following presentations by some of the nation’s leading wolf authorities, the Boone and Crockett Club today reaffirmed its position that gray wolves should be delisted and managed as a game species by the states...."
Click here to read more.
Judge puts gray wolves in Northern Rockies back
on endangered list, halting planned hunts
Wolves Making a Comeback in Northern Michigan DNR helping people and wolves share space By Keith Schneider Great Lakes Bulletin News Service - October 31, 2005 |
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Wolves are returning to Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, one of the fastest growing regions in the Midwest. |
Oh, she was a young and adventurous wolf. In 2003 she set out on a southerly jaunt from Michigan’s rugged Upper Peninsula, crossed the ice of the Straits of Mackinac, and ambled into the Lower Peninsula’s Presque Isle County, where she met an untimely death in a coyote trap in October 2004.
On the strength of this precocious female, and other signs of wild
wolves, the state Department of Natural Resources this year added an
auspicious new chapter to the story of the gray wolf’s recovery in the
Great Lakes region. With its team of professionals, volunteers, and
a fleet of off-road vehicles, the agency searched last winter for any
evidence left in the deep snow that healthy wolves had established a
breeding pack in the thick forests of northern Michigan....." Click here to read more.
DNR wants input on wolf plan
http://www.michiganoutdoornews.com/articles/2008/05/29/top_news/news04.txt
and at: http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/subpagearticle3.htm
Field Editor
Marquette, Mich. - DNR Director Rebecca Humphries has postponed for a couple of months her action on a wolf management plan that seeks to find a balance between the needs of Michigan wolves and Michigan people...................
Public input sought on state's endangered species list
Posted by Jeff Kart | The Bay City Times June 06, 2008 12:01PM
Michigan Gray Wolf Recovery and Management Plan (from Utah gov.)
http://wildlife.utah.gov/wolf/pdf/wolf_mgmtplan.pdf
Eagle, wolf may leave Michigan endangered list
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-endangeredspecies,0,1501845.story
| AP Environmental Writer 2:59 PM CDT, June 10, 2008
Letter to editor - Mesic Wolf Peyton
http://www.deltacd.org/Letters.aspx?ID=282
or at: http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/wolfsubp1.htm
This is in response to Tim Kobasic’s last two outdoor articles (mesic conifers and wolf bills) and letter to the editor from R. Ben Peyton, MSU professor.
MDNR Wolf Management Roundtable
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-39002_41978---,00.html
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What is the Wolf Management Roundtable? from MDNR http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-39002_41978-146793--,00.html | |
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An advisory group of 20 diverse stakeholders has started a series of meetings to provide recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources for guiding principles for managing Michigan's wolves and wolf-related issues if the gray wolf is removed from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. The group, called the Michigan Wolf Management Roundtable, recently held its first meeting in Newberry. The following is a list of names and links to all of the organizations associated with the roundtable: |
ESPN - Michigan wolf population nears saturation point
Associated Press ~ Updated July 12, 2005
http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/espnonwolves.htm
Wolf emergence unpopular with Cisler Center crowd
By JACK STOREY/The Evening News
http://www.sooeveningnews.com/articles/2005/05/16/news/news460.txt
or at: http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/wolfsubp4.htm
Advisory Group Submits Wolf Management Guidelines
to Michigan Department of Natural Resources Nov.9, 2006
http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/wolfsubp3.htm
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The following is from Black Bear Blog http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/
Wolves Likely Killed an Ontario Man
http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/2006/01/05/wolves-likely-killed-an-ontario-man/
Posted by Tom Remington on January 5, 2006
An Ontario, Canada man, 22-year-old Kenton Joel Carnegie, a third-year geological engineering student at the University of Waterloo, had been working at Points North Landing as part of his fall term co-op program. Officials believe he was attacked and killed by two gray wolves near Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan. The two wolves were shot and killed and tests are being done to determine if these two wolves killed Carnegie.
Kenton Carnegie Killed By Wolves
Posted by Tom Remington on November 20, 2007
http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/2007/11/20/kenton-carnegie-killed-by-wolves/
This true story can be found at: http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/wolfattackkill.htm
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in the Upper Midwest
For the Media
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/WOLF/media/index.htm
* U.S. Department of the Interior on Wolves
Final Rule to Delist the Gray Wolf Western Great Lakes
Distinct Population Segment
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/WOLF/2007delisting/index.htm
January 29, 2007
WOLF TRACKS - Summaries of gray wolf activities and issues
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/wolf-tracks/
Gray wolf range, population similar in Minn.
Wolves, Ticks, Send Michigan Moose Numbers Plummeting
National Geographic News by John Roach, June 6, 2005
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0606_050606_wolves_2.html
or at: http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/moosewolvesticks.htm
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Michigan Department of Naturual Resources
http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/wolfsubp2.htm
Draft - Michigan Wolf Management Plan (Aug. 16, 2007)
http://www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/DraftWolfPlan.pdf
SOM - Michigan Wolf Population Continues To Grow (cached version)
Overview of State Management Plans
(Michigan, Montana, Wisconsin, Idaho, & Minnesota)
http://www.serconline.org/wolfpreservation/legislation.html
Earthplatform - Wolf Management
About the Wolf on:
Wikipedia on the Wolf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf
ADW, Animal Diversity Web
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Canis_lupus.html
Canada Wolf Hunting
http://www.huntdriftwood.com/Wolf.htm
The below photo was taken from
Driftwood Valley Outfitters - Northern British Columbia
Research
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/06/16/news/local/news04.txt
Howlbox aids wolf research
Wolves in the surrounding states
Rancher shoots wolf that was threatening cattle
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=8442960
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) June 6, 2008
State wildlife officials say a Meagher County rancher shot and killed a wolf that was threatening his cattle.....
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Wolves kill guard dog north of Helena
http://www.kxmb.com/News/247504.asp
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP)
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Commissioners Set Quota for Wolf Season
http://www.kulr8.com/news/local/19874239.html
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Tribes look at own wolf management plan
Associated Press - June 13, 2008
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=8490137
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Wolf Working Group right approach to controversy
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/212989.html
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Wolves are an Endangered Species Act success story wolves
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/OPINION/806120306
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You might also find this letter written by Butch King interesting regarding the wolves
in Alaska and Governor Sarah Palin.
It can be found at: http://www.theoutspokensportsman.net/alaskanbutchking.htm
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