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 ...

In this July 16, 2004, file photo, a gray wolf is seen at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. (Dawn Villella/AP) MADISON, Wis. (CN) — Wisconsin natural resources officials unanimously ...

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 ...

A lawsuit filed by animal welfare advocates seeking to invalidate Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan was dismissed by a judge on Monday. Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke threw out the case ...

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 ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. - 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 ...