By Gus Burns
DETROIT, MI — Twenty-three wolves met their demise by the time hunters lowered their barrels after Michigan’s first-ever 46-day wolf hunt that ended in December.
Opponents of new legislation that made wolf hunting possible are fighting to make this first hunt the state’s last.
Two opposition proposals set to appear on the November ballot, if passed, could put an end to future wolf hunts; that is, if a citizen’s initiative filed by Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management, a pro-wolf hunt organization, isn’t implemented first.
Meanwhile in Detroit Thursday, the Natural Resources Commission, charged with designating game species, has agreed to meet with opponents of their decision that made wolf hunting possible in the first place.
Representatives for the Manistee Reservation-based Little River Band of Ottawa Indians are scheduled to meet with the Natural Resource Commission during a special session beginning 10 a.m. Thursday at Detroit’s Outdoor Adventure Center.
This is the second of consecutive monthly meeting days the Natural Resource Commission is conducting — the first day’s meeting held on Detroit’s Belle Isle — to address a myriad of natural resources issues.