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Article: Wisconsin wolf plan allows broader killing.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- March 3, 1999
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While most attention has focused on Minnesota in the debate over removing wolves from federal protection, Wisconsin also is embarking on a new era of state-controlled wolf management.
Wisconsin has about 180 timber wolves now and has formed a state plan that would see that number grow to about 350, possibly within 10 years. But the fate of Wisconsin wolves affects more than just the animals within the state's borders. Under the federal wolf recovery plan, Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula needed stable wolf populations (80 in Wisconsin for four years) before Minnesota's wolves could come off federal protection.
That's already happened, said Adrian ...