October 2023
Wolf Awareness Week Keynote Speaker
John Vucetich of Michigan Technical University will give the Wolf Awareness Week keynote presentation at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, Northland College, Ashland, WI. The United States Fish & Wildlife Service says it will announce in February 2024 a new decision about the status of wolves under the Endangered Species Act. That decision will be the latest in a series of decisions over the past two decades that have oscillated between affording and rescinding protections under the Endangered Species Act.…
Find out more »Wolf Ecology Workshop
Join Northland College Professor Erik Olson, Timber Wolf Alliance Chair Adrian Wydeven, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Technician Sarah Boles and Timber Wolf Alliance Coordinator Melanie Michaels to learn the basics of wolf ecology and management—including natural history, identification, monitoring techniques, wolf-human conflicts, predator-prey ecology and wolf management. Lunch will be provided. This workshop at the Northland College - Juhl Center for Science completes the first of two trainings for the DNR Volunteer Carnivore Tracker for winter wolf counts…
Find out more »Wolf Awareness Week Family Fun!
Learn all about wolves through fun hands-on games and activities! Make a plaster cast of a wolf track and trace a life-size wolf cut-out to take home with you! Join our special guest from the Vaughn Public Library for wolf-themed storytime at the David R. Obey Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center. Questions? Please contact susa[email protected] or [email protected] or call 715-685-9983.
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