Wolf hunt debate returns to the state capitol this week
The State Senate may vote this week on a proposal that could once again open the door to wolf hunting in Michigan. Hunting groups collected enough petition signatures on a proposed law giving state...
View ArticleBoth sides gear up for latest fight over a Michigan wolf hunt
The state Senate is back in Lansing tomorrow for one day before resuming its summer recess. It appears likely the Senate will vote on petition-initiated legislation to allow wolf hunting in Michigan,...
View ArticleMichigan Senate votes to pass pro-wolf hunt measure
The Michigan Senate has adopted a citizen petition initiative to allow wolf hunting in the Upper Peninsula and overhaul wildlife management rules. It would let the Natural Resources Commission...
View ArticleState House votes on hunting bill this week; another wolf hunt could take...
Michigan hunters could find wolves in their crosshairs again later this year, if the state House approves legislation on Wednesday. Last year, hunters killed 22 wolves in a state-sanctioned hunt in the...
View ArticlePro and anti-wolf hunting groups square off at Michigan's Capitol today
People for and against a wolf hunt in Michigan are at the state Capitol today. Orange-wearing hunters are mixing with people waving signs calling for protecting Michigan’s wolves. The state House is...
View ArticleLawmakers vote to allow wolf hunts in UP
Wolf hunts in the Upper Peninsula will be able to continue under a new law passed by the state House today. Groups that oppose wolf hunting say state lawmakers are trying to thwart the will of voters....
View ArticleTalking poll numbers and wolf hunting with Ken Sikkema and Zoe Clark
This week we're joined by Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector Consultants. Also sitting in is Michigan Radio's co-host of It's Just Politics, Zoe Clark....
View ArticleReport: There will be no wolf hunt in Michigan this year
Michigan lawmakers recently went around two ballot proposals that sought to end wolf hunting in Michigan. They passed a law that allows wolf hunts to continue, but they apparently didn't pass their law...
View ArticleBallot questions not the final word on wolf hunting in Michigan
Michigan voters will get to weigh in on two laws that allowed wolf hunting in the Upper Peninsula. The Humane Society just started airing ads aimed at persuading voters in the closing days of the...
View ArticleNovember elections reveal polarization of politics
Thirty years ago, I was briefly involved in the dog show world, when we had a collie that went on to become a champion. That was during the long ago and now long-forgotten race in which President...
View ArticleShake-ups in the Legislature, contentious races and who'll have the final say...
This Week in Michigan Politics, Emily Fox and Jack Lessenberry discuss what could happen to the state Legislature after the election, possible surprises in congressional races and the wolf hunting...
View ArticleMichigan voters reject wolf hunt referenda, but state law remains in place
Michigan voters rejected a pair of referenda on state laws authorizing a wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula. Wolf hunt opponents celebrated tonight. “The people of Michigan have shown that they don’t...
View ArticleConsequence of low voter turnout: It’ll now be easier to get a question on...
Michigan had the lowest turnout in a Governor’s race this year since the John Engler-Geoffrey Fieger face-off of 1998. And, while a lot of Republicans sat out this year, it was mostly Democrats who...
View ArticleHow our attitudes figure into the wolf debate
Less than a month after voters weighed in on wolf hunting in Michigan, a new study looks at the attitudes driving the wolf debate. The study, co-authored by Meredith Gore of Michigan State University,...
View ArticleState hunting for wolf poachers
State wildlife officials are looking for wolf poachers in the Upper Peninsula. Two wolves were killed last month in Mackinac and Schoolcraft counties. In one case, a tracking collar on one of the...
View ArticleDetroit Zoo director says he's not against hunting, he's against...
Ron Kagan has been head of the Detroit Zoo for more than 20 tumultuous years. During that time, he fought off an effort by Detroit City Council to close the zoo and helped win its independence years...
View ArticleWolf attacks up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 2014
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Wolf attacks in Michigan's Upper Peninsula killed at least 26 cattle and 17 hunting dogs last year. MLive.com says the numbers come from the Department of Natural Resources,...
View ArticleFeds make endangered species listing for Great Lakes wolves official
Gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region went back on the federal endangered species list last December. That's when a federal judge vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2011 delisting of...
View ArticleMichigan, US appealing judge's ruling on Great Lakes wolves
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Michigan is joining the federal government in appealing a decision that restores legal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region. Federal Judge Beryl Howell...
View ArticleBills legalizing wolf hunting making their way through the legislature
Wolf hunting is back on the agenda for Michigan’s legislature. The Senate passed a bill Thursday that would legalize wolf hunting in Michigan, if the animal is taken off the federal endangered species...
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