DULUTH, Minn. — A U.S. government program that captures and kills wolves near where livestock have been killed in Minnesota is back in business after a pause caused by a recent federal court decision.
A federal judge in California ruled on Feb. 10 that wolves across most of the U.S. have regained protections under the federal Endangered Species Act, including in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
That decision temporarily put the brakes on all wolf trapping in Minnesota, both for research purposes and for the federal depredation program. Wolves had been under state and tribal management since January 2021, when the Trump administration removed federal protections for the big canines.
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