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CA BC: Province releases details of wolf management plan

The Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations has released information on the Province’s wolf management plan. The goal of the plan is to maintain self sustaining populations throughout the species by utilizing a two zone management strategy.

The plan states: “In most areas, wolf management will be concerned with ensuring that wolves continue to serve their ecological role as a top predator. Sustainable hunting and trapping opportunities will use controls on harvest through specified season lengths and bag limits.”

The second portion of the plan stipulates: “In areas of livestock depredation or wildlife populations threatened by wolf predation (e.g., mountain caribou) are a concern, the plan commits government to responsibly helping stakeholders, ranchers and First Nations manage the impacts of expanding wolf populations. In these areas, detailed implementation plans would be developed before any actions are undertaken.”

The public was consulted and the province received over 2,500 comments on the issue. The comments were used as an aid in putting together a final plan.

Chase Charney

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