MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two national groups have filed notice with the federal government that they intend to sue to restore wolves in the western Great Lakes region to the endangered list. The Humane Society of the United States and The Fund for Animals filed the 60-day notice with the Fish and Wildli...

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today rejected a request for a preliminary injunction that would have stopped the state’s inaugural wolf hunting and trapping season. That means the planned wolf hunting and trapping seasons will go as planned this fall and winter. Consistent with state law, the Minn...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State officials have asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals to reject an attempt by animal welfare groups to block the resumption of wolf hunting in the state. The lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity and Howling for Wolves is without legal merit, attorneys representing ...

It's safe to say that there was more disappointment than celebration on the Minnesota wolf hunt front on Wednesday. That's when lottery results were announced for the first-ever hunt.

This is in reference to guest opinion, Minnesota's wolf hunt, by Jim Aronson, on Wednesday, Sept. 12. You have said it very clearly — there is absolutely no benefit to killing wolves — not for livestock depreedation, not because the wolf population is exploding, not because wolves are killing all the deer.

Why a wolf hunt? It's not because the wolf population is exploding and we need to "control" the wolves. No, the wolf population has remained stable, unchanged, for over 10 years, even while protected. It's not for livestock depredation.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than 23,000 people have applied for permits to hunt wolves this fall when Minnesota opens its first season since the gray wolf came off the endangered species list. Almost all the applicants were from Minnesota, but state officials say they got paperwork from 33 states. Nor...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association reminds hunters this is the last day to apply for lottery antlerless deer and wolf hunting permits. Executive Director Mark Johnson points out that about the half the state is now covered by lottery deer areas, which means hunters need to e...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota paid out a record $154,136 to residents whose livestock or pets were killed by wolves in the past year, part of a gradual upward trend also seen in Wisconsin and Michigan — all states where the gray wolf came off the endangered list in January. The claims provide fur...

Hunters who have yet to apply for an either-sex deer permit or a wolf hunting and trapping license are encouraged to do so well before the deadline on Thursday, Sept. 6. Management designations have changed in many areas since last season. Areas 103, 108, 110, 118, 119, 122, 169, 171, 172, 183, 197 ...