Don't get me wrong I would love to have a hunt able population of elk in Wi. But I would not like to see wolves destroy deer herds to get it done. All predators are part of nature and nature has it's own design for controlling it's game, but I simply don't think wolves can coexist in most of our state without doing serious detriment to livestock and other animals............we have enough predators here in southern WI. we DO NOT need wolves, coyotes are a big problem right now, they have been keeping turkey numbers down in the last few years and also taking large numbers of fawn in the spring...........I am not a big fan of huge deer herds,I am a proponent of QDM and believe that the main goal is to keep the numbers in check and have a balanced,healthy deer herd.....over the past 5 years I have taken a large number of does from our property and NONE have tested positive for CWD.
I am not saying that elk should not be re-introduced into the black river falls area.........what I am saying is that the DNR is NOT going to be the ones to do it, they will come up with all kinds of excuses, but when it boils down to it CWD has taken all of their funding (what a waste). Also I don't believe that one species (deer) should be eradicated to make way for another (elk) which you stated would most likely happen as the wolf packs move in with the elk herds and wipe out the deer.
As for my statement about prions in wolf dung.........it has been proven that it takes temps. over 800 degrees fahrenheit to kill the prions known to cause CWD.......I highly doubt that a wolfs digestive system gets that hot! And not only could wolves spread the prions, any critter that ate an infected deer could possibly spread these prions.........and although no deer is going to directly eat the dung from another animal, it would eat the soil that the animal left it's waste on, and thereby could ingest prions that sit in the soil for indeterminate amounts of time.

It was said before CWD is here to stay..........in my opinion it has always been here.........my whole point from the beginning was that the DNR is too stubborn to admit they made a HUGE mistake when they decided to WASTE our $$$$$$ on trying to wipe out a disease that cannot be killed, therefore any projects that would require the DNR to stop funding it's lost cause of eradicating our whitetails will always take a backseat to the eradication agenda, and since Elk are know to be carriers of CWD there is pretty much no way the DNR will Allow any wild transplants of those animals in the near future.

Do I agree with the logic(or lack there of) NO.............but I believe it is the sad reality............unless we as hunters can stand united and say stop wasting our money on lost causes and start spending it on something beneficial.......the Elk and other worth while programs will fall by the wayside and there will be nothing left to hunt but..............WOLVES!!!!!!! (but sadly even that will probably never happen as there are way too many tree hugging wolf lovers in the legislature)