For those who live in states which had Timber (Gray) Wolves introduced in recent years, I have this advice for you. Actively press your state gov't leaders and state wildlife / game dept. to petition the Federal gov't to turnover to you state control of managing the wolf population. In order to do that, the state needs a plan approved by the feds that shows the wolf pop. is sustainable.

Now that you've got the wolves, you're stuck with them. Take from residents of states like Minnesota that have large populations of Timber Wolves. Even though the feds and state officials agree that the wolves can be take off endangered or threatened status, they'll hold public meetings. You'd be amazed how truly ignorant people who live in cities and other places where there are no wolves are when it comes to managing them in someone else's area.

It'll be a long hard struggle just to get state control and rational limits on how many wolves are allowed. But if you don't persevere, your game population is going to suffer and your hunting is, too.

Good luck!