Wisconsin conservationist Aldo Leopold once wrote about what he called “the green fire” in the eyes of a dying wolf. In his essay, “Thinking Like a Mountain,” Leopold wrote, “I was young then and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters’ paradise. But after […]
After court order, Wisconsin to hold wolf hunts this month
Earlier today, a Jefferson County judge ruled that the state’s Department of Natural Resources must push ahead with a wolf hunt this month. The move comes about a month after most of the nation’s Grey Wolves were stripped of federal endangered species protections. The lawsuit was brought against the DNR by the Wisconsin Institute for […]
Proposed Bill Would Hinder Game Wardens
Tony Castañeda speaks with Melissa Smith, an Elected Delegate at the Wisconsin Conservation Congress and Executive Director at Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf. They talk about a new bill being proposed by Reps. Adam Jarchow (R-Balsam Lake), Mary Felzkowski (R-Irma), Romaine Quinn (R-Rice Lake), and Sen. Tom Tiffany (R-Hazelhurst) that would stop game wardens from enforcing state or […]
The “Gray Area” of Wolf Hunting
On today’s show, we are talking about wolves. Is it okay to kill wolves? Do wolves in the Midwest and other parts of the country need legal protection? Our guests are Rachel Tilseth, who runs the website Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin, and Alan Lacy, producer of the documentary “Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest.“
