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Wolf hearing set

Wolf hearing set

ASHLAND, Wis. — A Sept. 29 public hearing is scheduled in Ashland on the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to remove the timber wolf from
protected status in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.

The hearing will begin with an open house at 6:30 p.m. at the Northern
Great Lakes Center on County G. A public hearing will follow.

Similar hearings are being conduced Sept. 27 at Madison and Sept. 28 in
Wausau.

Timber wolf numbers have grown to around 4,000, spread across several
states, with the majority in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Minnesota has the largest gray wolf population in the lower 48 states, at
2,400, while Wisconsin has about 370 and Michigan an estimated 360. Those
states would take over management of their own wolf populations, with
federal oversight, for five years.

Wolves are protected under the Endangered Species Act.

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