WOLF POSITION IN THE 1854 TREATY AREA

Effective December 19, 2014, individuals can no longer legally kill a wolf except in the defense of human life.

A federal judges' decision to immediately reinstate Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan place the animals under protection of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wolves now revert to the federal protection status they had prior to being removed from the endangered species list in the Great Lakes region in January 2012. That means wolves now are federally classified as threatened in Minnesota and endangered elsewhere in the Great Lakes region.

This means that a person may take a gray wolf in Minnesota in defense of his/her own life or the lives of others. Any other taking, including the taking of wolves depredating on domestic animals, has to be done by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) agents, Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (MDNR) employees, or their designated agents.

If you have any questions, please contact an 1854 Conservation Officer.

st. louis river survey

The 1854 Treaty Authority, with assistance from the Ashland United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) office, conducted a bottom trawling survey of the St. Louis River Estuary in August 2014.

The Primary purpose of the survey is to continue long-term abundance and distribution monitoring of the native and non-native fish communities. A secondary goal is to conduct surveillance for new exotic species and collect evidence of lake sturgeon reproduction.

1854 Fish/Wildlife Tech Jeremy Maslowski with sturgeon collected during survey

The survey will be continued on an annual basis. For a copy of the 2014 Report click HERE!!