On Wednesday February 1, 2012 (9:31 AM, 417 North [GAR Hall], State Capitol) Wisconsin's Assembly Natural Resources Committee is going to hold a hearing on Assembly Bill 502. The bill directs the Wisconsin DNR to hold a yearly wolf harvest if the wolf is not otherwise protected under the federal or state endangered species laws.
Many of us were expecting a wolf hunt to occur in Wisconsin but we expected it to come through the DNR's rule-making process. The sudden appearance of this Bill in the legislature took many of us by surprise. It was introduced on January 27.
I think a wolf hunt in Wisconsin was inevitable and not necessarily a bad thing. Further thoughts below.
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