Public hearings will be held. Wolf populations in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula reach population levels for specified time period to make the region's wolf population officially eligible for removal from the list. Minnesota Legislature expected to pass a wolf management plan based on the work of a citizens' group now meeting with the Department of Natural Resources. Wisconsin, Michigan and Ojibwe tribes also will draft wolf management plans. If those management plans meet requirements to ensure the wolf's continued success in the region, the federal government will officially remove the wolf from the list.
Federal government monitors population for five years to make sure population is sustained.