Wolf Management in Wisconsin
Plans for today and the future
The gray wolf returned to Wisconsin in the mid-1970s and was listed as a state endangered species in 1975. A state recovery plan, initiated in 1989, set a goal for reclassifying the wolf from state endangered to threaten once the population remained at 80 or more wolves for 3 consecutive years. By 1999, the population had increased to 197 wolves, and had been at 80 or more since 1995. Therefore the Wisconsin DNR, has reclassified wolves from endangered to threatened, and developed this plan to manage wolves as a threatened and ev…
