It's certainly a topic of some contention statewide as well as in the U.P., but the Michigan DNR is making its position clear: it wants the gray wolf taken off the federal endangered species list, so that state officials have more management options in dealing with wolves, like authorizing the shooting of wolves who bother livestock.
Excerpt: Michigan wildlife officials gave a hearty thumb's up to the federal government's Thursday proposal to remove gray wolves from the federal Endangered Species list in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
If all goes well, following a 60 day public comment period Michigan could eventually regain its ability to authorize "lethal control" on wolves that become a problem to farmers.
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Source: The Grand Rapids Press
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