Joanna Markell
The statewide Wolf Advisory Group will conduct two days of meetings Wednesday and Thursday at Central Washington University’s Student Union and Recreation Center Building, Room 135, according to a state notice.
The meetings are open to the public, and the group will allow public comments at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The group was put together by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The committee is made up of representatives of a variety interest groups concerned about the state’s growing gray wolf population, and examines issues surrounding the populations and recommends policy directions the state might take concerning the wolves.
The Wednesday session runs from noon to 5:30 p.m. and includes an update on the status and concerns related to the state’s wolf packs, a time for questions and answers, and identifying large-scale threats to some people’s way of life from the growing population of wolves.
Group members also will discuss how to create mutually beneficial preventative plans for individual livestock producers to reduce wolf-livestock conflicts.
The Thursday meeting runs 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and continues discussion on preventative plans for individual livestock producers.
For more information, contact Donny Martorello, wolf policy lead, WDFW, 360-902-2521 or emaildonny.martorello@dfw.wa.gov.