New rules have been approved for gray wolf hunting and trapping in Wisconsin. The rules were developed by the Department of Natural Resources and approved in October 2023 by the Natural Resources ...

Wisconsin had an estimated 1,226 gray wolves in 336 packs in late winter 2025, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The 2025 population estimate represented a slight decline from the ...

Gray wolves are currently listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in most of the lower 48 states, except for the Northern Rocky Mountain population. In December 2025, the U.S. House ...

RHINELANDER – A recent one, two punch of snowfalls laid a carpet of white in the Oneida County forest. Scenic, yes. Seasonal, too. But for Steve Meurett of Neillsville, it was all about the canvas.

For three days in 2019, the howls of gray wolf Zeus at Big Run Wolf Ranch in Lockport echoed for miles as he mourned his mate Chenoa, who died from a gastric condition. “It gives me chills every time ...