Changes in the third and upcoming fourth drafts include removing core management areas where the wolf is fully protected, placing a cap on wolf numbers, and rapidly moving towards allowing the hunting of wolf in Wisconsin. Furthermore, public involvement is being undercut. Currently the DNR has only posted the second draft on their website and the e-mail address it lists for comments is closed.
Public pressure is needed more than ever.
In all four drafts of the plan, wolves are managed under differently in four separate zones. The third and forth drafts eliminate these core areas, allowing livetrapping, translocation and lethal control. In the second draft, hunting wolves was to be considered five years after the plan's approval, and only if the population was over 350. The second draft reduced numbers needed for state delisting from 300 to 250 but set a goal of at least 350 wolves. The third draft stated that 350 wolves would not mandate a wolf hunt.