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Wolves are at our door — and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is preparing for wolves to venture into South Dakota. Some have already passed through the state in recent years.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife reported in 2006 that wolves were in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains and local officials are expecting them to wander east, at least in small numbers.
"We are going to start thinking about wolves in South Dakota because we are quite certain that they are coming, and we need to be prepared to manage them when they do get here," said John Kanta, a regional wildlife manager with the GF&P.
Currently the state operates under an August 1994 U.S. Fish and Wildlife contingency plan.
"It's more or less to address depredations with wolves," Kanta said. "What we would like to do is put together a full-blown management plan. In other words, 'Do we want to sustain a population of wolves, and if so how are we going to do that? How are we going to respond to the problems that come with wolves considering that we have a number of ranchers out there who are raising sheep, which can certainly be an issue with wolves.'"
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is preparing for wolves to venture into South Dakota. Some have already passed through the state in recent years.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife reported in 2006 that wolves were in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains and local officials are expecting them to wander east, at least in small numbers.
"We are going to start thinking about wolves in South Dakota because we are quite certain that they are coming, and we need to be prepared to manage them when they do get here," said John Kanta, a regional wildlife manager with the GF&P.
Currently the state operates under an August 1994 U.S. Fish and Wildlife contingency plan.
"It's more or less to address depredations with wolves," Kanta said. "What we would like to do is put together a full-blown management plan. In other words, 'Do we want to sustain a population of wolves, and if so how are we going to do that? How are we going to respond to the problems that come with wolves considering that we have a number of ranchers out there who are raising sheep, which can certainly be an issue with wolves.'"