Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Archived Information -Control of Depredating Wolves in
Wisconsin
MAY 2006
Set of Findings: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wolf Depredation Permit (TE111360)
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Background
The
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) submitted an application
for a permit to take gray wolves in order to conduct various recovery
activities for the species. A notice of the application was published
in the Federal Register on September 14, 2005. That notice opened a 30-day
comment period on the application. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) requested written comments on the permit application by October
14, 2005. On March 2, 2006, a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) developed
by Wildlife Services (WS), a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, in cooperation with the USFWS,
and WDNR, was available for public review and comment. The Great Lakes
Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), the Ho-Chunk Nation, and
the Lac Du Flambeau Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians were consulting
agencies in the production of the EA. The draft EA examined a range of
options for addressing the problem of wolf damage in Wisconsin, including
a preferred alternative that would allow control of wolves that kill or
attack livestock and pets. Under this alternative, an integrated management
program would provide for a permit allowing removal of depredating wolves.
There were 56 letters received during the comment period which closed
on April 3, 2006. This memorandum constitutes a Set of Findings for processing
the application and describes the Service’s rationale for making
its recommendation to issue a Section 10(a)(1)(A) permit to the applicant.
This set of findings is organized, first by the requirements of section
10 of the Endangered Species Act; second by the proposed action and response
to comments from the EA; and finally by the issuance criteria of 50 CFR
17.22 (a)(2). Much of the summary information used in this document is
described in detail in the Environmental Assessment and Biological Opinion.
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