Today, the Minnesota Senate Environment and Energy Policy committee approved S.F. 666, a bill that would reinstate a five-year wait on recreational wolf hunting and trapping. The bill has been referred to the Environment, Economic Development and Agriculture Division.“We are pleased the committee approved the bill and thank Sen. ChrisContinue Reading
Results are in. Per Howling for Wolves Org. email : “Minnesotans have . . . overwhelmingly opposed the planned wolf hunting and trapping season . . . almost 80 percent of the more than 7,300 participants registering their opposition. Despite overwhelming opposition, the DNR is moving forward with their plansContinue Reading
The wolf hunt in Minnesota was signed by Gov. Dayton despite no one really being happy with the results. 6,000 hunters and trappers will be awarded the chance to hunt (there is an estimated 3,000 gray wolves in Minn. and the DNR’s min. statewide winter population goal is 1,600 wolves)—seeContinue Reading