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April 16, 2012
Contact:
Tom Myrick, Communications Director
(763) 560-7374 (ext. 225)
763-567-1907 (cell)
tmyrick@wolf.org
www.wolf.org
Date: April 26, 27
Location: The Inn on Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Register: www.wolf.org
Conference questions: Jess Edberg
Wolf hunting and trapping among many volatile issues covered
The biggest wolf issues of this decade will be the focal point of this year's Midwest
Wolf Stewards Conference (MWS) coming again to Minnesota April 26 and 27. Expert
presenters from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ontario will share updates and
information on current wolf management issues, research and public interest topics.
Keynote: "Wolves and wolf management-an Alaskan perspective"
"The Keynote speaker this year is Layne Adams. Layne is a research wildlife biologist
with the USGS Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska. He has studied wolves and
their ungulate prey in Alaska for over 25 years and currently serves on the IUCN
Species Survival Commission, Wolf Specialist Group.
According to Adams "Wolf recovery and the harvest of wolves under State management
in the Midwest and Northern Rockies are currently being hotly debated. In Alaska,
wolves have been subject to regulated public harvests, as well as occasional focused
control programs, for decades. To provide some perspective on the issue of wolf
harvests in recently recovered wolf populations, I will summarize my research on the
harvest effects on wolf populations and provide an overview of the history and
current status of wolf management in Alaska."
International Wolf Center Education Director Jerritt Johnston says reviews of the
conference have always been impressive. "People not only learn a great deal, they make
new personal connections and relationships that have lasting impact."
"Attend the MWS if you want the most complete and thorough picture of
wolf recovery in the Western Great Lakes"
- Adrian Treves, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies; Director of Carnivore
Coexistence Lab
"As a concerned citizen for the welfare of our regional wolf population,
I find the Midwest Wolf Stewards Conference to be an invaluable resource in staying
informed on the current status of wolf research and management."
- Don Gossett, returning registrant
The MWS is an annual gathering of wolf professionals, academics and enthusiasts
from the Great Lakes Region and beyond. This unique conference offers attendees a
"one stop shop" for gaining new knowledge, networking and discovering collaboration
opportunities. Sessions at the MWS are informal and are divided into 20-minute
presentations according to the subject discipline such as wolf management or habitat
and offer opportunities for questions and discussions. This year's topics include:
- State/province and tribal management of wolves
- Hunting/trapping of wolves
- Depredation
- Habitat/wildlands concerns
- Genetics of Great Lakes wolves
- Prey populations
This year's Midwest Wolf Stewards Conference is co-sponsored by the International
Wolf Center, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Wildlife Science
Center. Registration is open to anyone interested in learning more about wolves in
the Great Lakes Area. Register before April 23, at www.wolf.org.
The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching
about wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future.
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