Report Nr. 3484 Michigan Wolf Management Plan (Draft)

The Michigan DNR has the primary responsibility and statutory authority for the management of resident wildlife in Michigan. Accordingly, this plan was developed primarily to guide the Michigan DNR’s management of wolves. This plan provides strategic guidance for the management of wolves in Michigan. It was developed to help: 1) maintain a viable Michigan wolf population above a level that would warrant its classification as threatened or endangered; 2) facilitate wolf-related benefits; 3) minimize wolf-related conflicts; and 4) conduct science-based wolf management with socially acceptable methods. This plan does not outline operational details of wolf management in Michigan. Operational details will be specified within an adaptive-management framework, in which specific management methods are routinely adjusted and updated as local conditions, technology, regulations, and other aspects of management context change.