Event Locator: 2023-AAJKZA
Wolves have been villainized in folklore for hundreds of years, even before the Grimm brothers collected and published some of these stories (just ask Little Red Riding Hood)! Here in the New World, the first real scientific study of wolves was Sigurd Olson’s master’s thesis The Life History of the Timber Wolf and the Coyote: A Study in Predatory Animal Control, 1932. Much has been learned since then, as the wolf has cycled on and off the federal endangered species list. Explore the long Wisconsin history of studying and educating about wolves, with Adrian Wydeven, currently Scientist with Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF), and Chair of the Timberwolf Alliance (TWA) based at Northland College in Ashland. Between 1990 and 2013, Adrian headed up the recovery and conservation program for gray wolves in Wisconsin. How can what has been learned about wolves be communicated with the public, and used to inform policy making? WGF and the TWA try to do both. Adrian will review wolf ecology and discuss the DNR’s most current management plan