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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: RG on November 07, 2013, 07:42:07 AM

Title: Wisconsin wolf article is flawed? How could that happen
Post by: RG on November 07, 2013, 07:42:07 AM: Interesting news article about misinformation in the media. I congratulate Wisconsin's DNR director for calling out the fallacies. I would be willing to bet the ranch that nobody in Washington's WDFW would have the stones to have done what she did.

http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/column/dnr-s-cathy-stepp-wolf-management-is-an-art-as/article_91ab8d9d-d323-589d-ae18-82f79b8b336b.html (http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/column/dnr-s-cathy-stepp-wolf-management-is-an-art-as/article_91ab8d9d-d323-589d-ae18-82f79b8b336b.html)
Title: Re: Wisconsin wolf article is flawed? How could that happen
Post by: lokidog on November 07, 2013, 09:06:15 AM: Good article.

If you know anything about WI, you would see that the counties listed are all the ones with the highest wolf populations (I think as I didn't look in detail) and the ones impacted the most by them. The liberal population centers are predominantly located in the south part of the state, and like Western WA, try to control the rest of the state using thier higher population levels. I would bet you would have a similar east-west split here as the north-south one there, but WDFW won't have the guts to even look at the eastside's needs/wants.
Title: Re: Wisconsin wolf article is flawed? How could that happen
Post by: AspenBud on November 07, 2013, 09:12:02 AM: Honestly, I think Midwest wildlife officials are handling things rather maturely as it relates to wolves. The problem is the general public and their initiatives.

I also think officials there feel more free to speak out because they have more backing there. The hunter numbers are much larger than in Washington.