A public harvest of wolves could be considered if other controls do not appear to reduce wolf depredation problems and bring the population closer to the goal of 350 wolves outside of Indian Reservations, but the legislature will need to authorize the DNR to hold a public harvest, restrict hunter/trapper participation, and designate specific quota zones.

• The most recent wolf population survey in 2006 included a count of 465-502 wolves across the state, and 449 wolves outside of Indian reservation, thus the population was 99 wolves above the population goal. A new survey for 2007 should be completed in spring 2007, and will determine whether the wolf population is still above the management goal.