New rules have been approved for gray wolf hunting and trapping in Wisconsin. The rules were developed by the Department of Natural Resources and approved in October 2023 by the Natural Resources ...

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 ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will hold a meeting of the Wolf Advisory Committee on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.

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 ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis.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 ...

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. - 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 ...

For the first time since 1999 and after nearly three years of work by the Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin has a new gray wolf management plan. The Natural Resources Board on Wednesday ...