Tag: public

• The Economic Cost of a Great Lakes Wolves Delisting Rider

  

  Imagine Wisconsin losing a potential 168,000 jobs and $17.9 billion in consumer spending. If the policy “rider” that aims to de-list Great Lakes wolves is included in Congress’s budget bill, Wisconsin could see a severe drop in these numbers. Wolves are vital to our economy in both direct and indirect ways.

  BrittRic

  March 13, 2018

  GUEST BLOGS

  agriculture, benefits, chronic wasting disease, claims, collisions, cost, crops, CWD, deer, delisting, DNR, dogs, ecological, economic, ecosystem, farmers, fences, financial, forestry, great lakes, guardian, health, hunting, jobs, livestock, loss, management, Michigan, minnesota, money, non-lethal, overbrowsing, overgrazing, policy, population, public, rider, role, science, tourism, tourist, tourists, wisconsin, wolf, wolves

• URGENT: Pro-Poaching Bill to be Heard in the Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday

  

  This proposed bill would prohibit conservation wardens from enforcing wolf conservation laws, prevent funds to be used for wolf depredations, and stop all wolf population monitoring in Wisconsin. Please join us in opposition at the hearing on Tuesday, January 16th.

  BrittRic

  January 12, 2018

  ACTION ALERTS

  AB 712, Adam Jarchow, conservation, department of natural resources, DNR, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf, hearing, killing, Melissa Smith, poaching, public, SB 602, Senate, state, wildlife, wisconsin, wolf hunt, wolf management, wolves

• Unleash The Hounds

  

  Starting today, twelve thousand or more hounds will be set loose on public lands across Wisconsin to harass wildlife and disturb the peace of these natural areas.

  BrittRic

  July 1, 2017

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  bear hunting, bears, bobcats, candy, cubs, deer, DNR, dog fighting, dogs, Endangered Species, grease, grouse, hounding, hounds, hunters, junk food, land, lynx, pie, public, taxidermy, twinkies, unethical, whooping cranes, wisconsin, wolverines, wolves

• ACTION ALERT: Public Comment on Wolf Conflicts in Minnesota

  

  The assessment analyzes the potential environmental impacts of Wildlife Service involvement in wolf damage management in Minnesota.

  BrittRic

  April 11, 2017

  ACTION ALERTS

  animals, assessment, Chippewa, comment, conflict, department of the interior, depredation, DNR, domestic, environmental, forest service, great lakes, livestock, management, minnesota, nonlethal, Ojibwe, public, service, wildlife, wolf, wolves