WORT 89.9FM Madison · WI DNR Releases New Wolf Management Plan In February, 2021, the Wisconsin DNR held a hastily-organized hunting season for Gray Wolves, after a Jefferson County judge […]
DNR drafts first plan in decades on wolf management
Over the past two decades, the Wisconsin wolf population has been managed with one central goal in mind: recovering the species. The last wolf management plan for the state was […]
It’s Time to Protect Yellowstone’s Wolves
While Wisconsin’s wolf hunt is on hold this season after last year’s widely criticized hunt, today Monday host Patty Peltekos turns her attention to the problem of wolf hunting in […]
Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board and the Wolf Hunt
With wolf hunting season approaching, today Patty spends the hour with Tony Wilkin Gibart from Midwest Environmental Advocates, former Natural Resources Board chair Dave Clausen, and Fred Clark from Wisconsin’s […]
Operation Wolf Patrol and Wisconsin’s Controversial Wolf Hunt
Wisconsin’s wolf hunt earlier this year drew national criticism. Non-Native hunters killed 216 wolves, far exceeding their quota and wiping out twenty percent of the state’s wolf population in three […]
Living Among Wolves: Protecting Wildlife Predators
“Predators are a natural part of our environment and they perform an important ecological role,” says Professor Adrian Treves. On today’s episode, Patty talks with Professor Treves, founder of the […]
