photo courtesy of Heye Jensen
PROTECTING WOLVES IN MICHIGAN
Please reach out to the committee lead, Nichole Biber, to offer your help working for the protection of wolves in Michigan, sacred to the Anishinaabek, hunted and killed to be a "trophy".
Did you know the DNR does not make Michigans hunting rules? State law makers are pushing to create a trophy hunting & trapping season for wolves.
Voters have rejected wolf hunting, but the Natural Resource Commission won't listen to Michigan voters or tribes.
Anishinaabek Caucus statement to the members of the Senate Natural Resources Committee to honor the Wolf Treaty. 12/8/22
Pearl Biber's "Paths Crossed" presented to the NRC. 12/8/22 ❖ photos from the meeting
Letter to Chairman McBroom and the members of the Senate Natural Resources Committee demanding that they oppose the passage of Senate Resolution 15, which encourages the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to authorize a hunting and trapping season for Michigan’s gray wolves in the fall of 2021. 02/23/21
Anishinaabek Caucus member Nichole Biber's statement to the MI Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Committee, (@ 1:10:20 in the video); Caucus member Thomas Gilpin's statement is immediately afterwards. 1/27/22
Wolf Preservation Townhall - Trophy hunting is not wolf management, 3/24/21
Michigan Senate Resolution for Wolf Hunt - Tribes not consulted, 2/25/21
The artist: Let Wolves Live
A tribal citizen of the LTBB Odawa, Nitaawe is an artist living in New Orleans. She created this drawing using pencil on unbleached paper. The central image reflects the intertwined fates of Ma’iingan and the Anishinaabek, with floral elements symbolic of our shared woodland home. The detailed, realistic rendering helps underscore the truth of Gidinawendamin - “we are all related”.
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RESOURCES
Bad River Tribe Ma’iingan Resources
Webinar - Ma'iingan: Wolves and the Anishinaabe People
NEWS
Wolves Will Regain Federal Protection in Much of the U.S.!, 02/10/22
Animal Advocates Call For Wildlife Killing Challenge To Be Cancelled, 01/24/22
Indigenous nations in Wisconsin suing to prevent wolf hunts, 11/8/21
State Judge Issues "Dramatic Decision" in Striking Down Wisconsin Wolf Hunt, 10/27/21
Michigan hunters say wolves lowering deer numbers in U.P. Experts say no., 7/12/21
Wolf wars: As Michigan packs grow, a battle brews over killing the predators, 7/9/21
Michigan senator wants only Yoopers to decide future of wolf hunting, 6/10/21
Wolves Remain at Risk as Hunters and Their State-Level Allies Call the Shots, 4/12/21
Michigan wolf advisory group stacked with hunting advocates, 4/8/21
Wisconsin Hunters Kill Over 200 Wolves in Less Than 3 Days, 3/3/21
Hunters Kill 20% of Wisconsin's Wolf Population in Just 3 Days of Hunting Season, 2/25/21
Wisconsin hunters exceed wolf target by nearly 100 animals, 2/25/21
GLIFWC tribes respond to recent wolf decision, 2/24/21
Montana lawmakers look at more ways to kill wolves, 1/23/21
Six environmental groups sue to re-list gray wolves under Endangered Species Act, 1/14/21
Trophy hunting threat to Michigan wolves violates Indigenous, public values, 12/20/20
GLIFWC member tribes disappointed with delisting of wolves, 10/29/20
Dana Nessel to review Michigan DNR handling of wolf kill records, 11/25/19
Michigan DNR said it killed wolves to protect humans. Then we got its emails, 11/22/19
Tribes opposed to possibility of Michigan wolf hunting season, 11/13/12
