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Wolf Timeline

  • Law stated that wolf hunters recieved cash

    Settlers in Massachusetts Bay Colony pass laws saying that cash wiould be rewarded to any resident that killed a wolf. Other colonies did the same.
  • Mass. Indians recieved food for wolves

    Mass. Indians could recieve wine or corn for one wolf.
  • YNP is created

    YNP is created
    YNP websiteYellowstone National Park is created to protect wildlife from deliberate destruction.
  • U.S. tries to poison remaining wolves

    The U.S. Government provided poison to people to try to get rid of the remaining wolves.
  • ESA is authorized

    ESAThe Endangered Species Act (ESA) was authorized law by the U.S. Congress.
  • State compensation program is enacted

    Minnesota Legislature created a state compensation program to recompense to livestock owners for losses based on wolf depredation.
  • ETWRP was published

    The Eastern Timber Wolf Recovery Plan was published. It warranted for 5 wolf management zones to be made in Minnesota, the reestablishment of wolves elsewhere, a limited public harvest in Minnesota, and reclassification from endangered to threatened in Minnesota.
  • Mexican wolf recovery plan is complete

    The Mexican wolf recovery plan is complete.
  • MI's wolf recovery plan

    MI Wolf Recovery PlanMichigan DNR released its wolf recovery and management plan.
  • WI Wolf Management Plan

    WI Wolf Management DraftWisconsin DNR released its wolf management plan.
  • 12 conservation and animal rights groups file a lawsuit

    Different conservation and animal rights groups file a lawsuit in court, challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove the gray wolf in the Northern Rocky Mountains from the endangered species list.