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4 Things To Know: Minn. Session, Dylan On Letterman & More
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150519083751987AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — From the latest on the Minnesota Session 2015 to POTUS joining Twitter, here are the four stories to know for...
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House Republicans Would Cut EPA Spending 9 Percent, Target Wolf Protections
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans proposed a spending bill Tuesday that cuts the budget at the Environmental Protection Agency by 9 percent and tries to prevent the Obama administration from enacting...
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Timberwolves Fans Line Up To See Towns & Jones Arrive
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves’ two newest players are getting their first glimpse at life in the NBA. Karl-Anthony Towns and Tyus Jones gave their first interviews with the team...
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DNR: Minnesota Sees Slight Decline In Wolf Population
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the state’s wolf population has declined slightly from last year, but not enough to be statistically significant. The DNR...
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Minnesota Wolf Protection Would End With Senate Bill
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Two U.S. senators announced a renewed push Thursday to strip federal protection from gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region and Wyoming — and to prohibit courts from...
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Biologists Call For Continued Protection Of Great Lakes Wolves
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A group of scientists is taking issue with colleagues who want the federal government to remove gray wolves in the Great Lakes region from the endangered species list....
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Push In Progress To Let Great Lakes States Manage Wolves Again
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota congressman says a push is underway to include language in a catchall spending bill to return responsibility for managing wolf populations in the western Great Lakes...
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Budget Bill Won’t Have Wolf Management Returning To Minn.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A proposal that would have taken gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region and Wyoming off the endangered list did not make it into a massive year-end congressional tax and...
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Up To $2.5K Reward Offered In Illegal Killings Of 3 Minn. Gray Wolves
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Officials with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service say a reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of whoever is responsible for the killings of three...
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Wolf Pups Under the Microscope In Bottle-Feeding Study
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The sound of wolves howling is a common one at the Wildlife Science Center in Columbus. But that haunting sound has been eclipsed lately by the sounds of whimpering puppies. The...
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Couple Has Close Encounter With Wolf In Central Minn.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A St. Cloud couple had a rare up-close encounter with a wolf. It happened Sunday morning when Tyler Netter and his wife were driving through the town of Rice, near Highway 10. The...
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Quick Recovery Unlikely For Declining Moose Population
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Ask any adventurous Minnesotan for a favorite wilderness memory and you’ll likely hear about a howling wolf, northern lights or the sight of a moose. Many northern Minnesota...
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Court Keeps Great Lakes Wolves On Endangered Species List
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday retained federal protection for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region, ruling that the government acted prematurely when it dropped...
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Wolf Pack Descends On Hunting Group Near Ely
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Just one day after a Department of Natural Resources annual survey revealed a big surge in the state’s wolf population, a Keewatin hunter came face to face with the startling...
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Lawmakers Seek More Federal Funds For Wolf Control
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal program that helps Minnesota farmers and ranchers who lose livestock to wolves has run out of money for the year. So members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation...
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Wolf Control In Minnesota Gets More Funding
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A week after federal money ran out for helping Minnesota farmers and ranchers who lose livestock to wolves, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has come up with money to continue...
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Warriors Beat T-Wolves Without Durant 125-101
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Steve Kerr will never wish for a star player to sit injured as Kevin Durant did against Minnesota on Wednesday night. The Golden State coach sure saw a lot of encouraging signs...
View ArticlePark Service Aiming To Reintroduce Wolves To Isle Royale
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The National Park Service wants to put 20 to 30 wolves on a remote island off Minnesota’s north shore. It says they’re needed to bolster the nearly extinct population on Isle...
View ArticlePlan To Relocate 20-30 Wolves To Isle Royale On Lake Superior OK’d
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — With the wolves of Isle Royale National Park on the verge of dying out, federal officials Thursday announced a plan to relocate 20-30 of the elusive predators from the...
View ArticleMinnesota Researchers Record ‘First Ever’ Video Footage Of Wolves Hunting...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Researchers in northern Minnesota say they’ve recorded the “first ever” video footage of wolves eating freshwater fish. The Voyageurs Wolf Project posted the video to Facebook on...
View ArticleUS Plans To Lift Protections For Gray Wolves In The Lower 48
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials plan to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, re-igniting the legal battle over a predator that’s running into conflicts with...
View ArticleProposal Would Strip Gray Wolves In U.S. Of Federal Protection
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Gray wolves in the U.S. would be stripped of federal protection and subjected to hunting and trapping in more states under a proposal released Thursday that declares the...
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Should Gray Wolves Stay Protected By The Federal Government?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — They are Minnesota’s iconic image of wilderness, as well as a successful restoration story. Now, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service says gray wolves should be removed from...
View ArticleMan Beats Back Wolves To Save His Dog In Duluth Woods
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A dog owner in Duluth says he saved his pet earlier this month after it was attacked by two wolves not far from the city’s center. The Duluth News Tribune reports that Paul Moore...
View ArticleWolf Relocated To Isle Royale National Park Found Dead
ISLE ROYALE, Mich. (AP) — A gray wolf that was moved from Canada to Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park over the winter has been found dead. Officials said Wednesday the black-coated male’s body was...
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Wolves Name Bryan Gates Assistant Coach
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Friday that Bryan Gates will be taking over the team’s assistant coach role.
View ArticleNBA Reportedly Submits Plan For Season Restart; Wolves’ Fate Unclear
(AP) — The NBA has told the National Basketball Players Association that it will present a 22-team plan for restarting the season to the league’s board of governors on Thursday, a person with knowledge...
View ArticleTrump Officials End Gray Wolf Protections In Minnesota, Michigan And Wisconsin
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP/WCCO) — Trump administration officials on Thursday stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal safeguards and...
View ArticleWildlife Groups Ask Court To Restore Protections For Gray Wolves
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of the nation....
View ArticleWisconsin DNR Will Recommend Harvest Quota Of 200 Wolves
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said it will propose a harvest quota of 200 wolves when the the group’s policy board meets Monday to discuss launching a wolf hunt...
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4 Wolves Escape Minnesota Wildlife Center After Pup Taken From Pack
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Four wolves escaped from a wildlife center northeast of the Twin Cities last week, and half are now believed to be dead. Officials with the Wildlife Science Center, located near...
View ArticleSearch Continues After Wolves Escape Wildlife Center North Of Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The search continues in Chisago County for at least one wolf still on the loose, after four escaped a sanctuary late last week. Caretakers are pleading with the public to help with...
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Last Of Four Wolves To Escape Wildlife Science Center Found
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The last of four wolves to escape the Wildlife Science Center last week was found Friday morning. The search began when the wolves escaped the sanctuary in Chisago County after...
View ArticleStudy Says As Many As One-Third Of Wisconsin’s Gray Wolves Likely Killed...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — As many as one-third of Wisconsin’s gray wolves likely died at the hands of humans in the months after the federal government announced it was ending legal protections,...
View ArticleAnimal Rights Groups Sue To Stop Wisconsin’s Wolf Hunt
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of animal rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to stop Wisconsin’s wolf hunt season this fall and invalidate a state law mandating annual hunts, arguing the statutes...
View ArticleU.S. Tribes Demand Emergency Protection For Wolves
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dozens of American Indian tribes asked the Biden administration Tuesday to immediately enact emergency protections for gray wolves, saying states have become too aggressive in...
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Wisconsin DNR Reduces Fall Wolf Quota In Defiance Of Board
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials on Monday dramatically scaled back the number of wolves hunters can kill during the state’s fall season in open defiance of its...
View ArticleGrant Money For Preventing Wolf Attacks Available To MN Livestock Producers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota livestock producers can now apply for additional grant money aimed at preventing wolf attacks. On Monday, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) announced that...
View ArticleCamera In Northern MN Catches Full Wolf Pack In Single Frame
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Video shared by the Voyageurs Wolf Project shows a relatively rare sighting — a full, roving wolf pack all caught within the same frame. Voyageurs Wolf Project shared the video on...
View ArticleJudge Restores Protections For Gray Wolves Across The Midwest
BILLINGS, Mont (AP) — A judge restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the U.S. on Thursday after they were removed in the waning days of the Trump administration. U.S. District...
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