Keep Michigan Wolves Protected filed a lawsuit in Lansing in the Michigan Court of Claims to overturn the so-called Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act on the grounds that it violates the state’s constitution. The lawsuit challenges an underhanded legislative effort intended to overturn the result of two 2014 ballot measures through which Michigan voters soundly rejected sport hunting of wolves.

Jill Fritz, director of Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, issues the following statement

“A federal District Court has just ruled that sport hunting and trapping of wolves in the Great Lakes region must end immediately. Wolves in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are now protected. This is a huge victory for our campaign and the thousands of supporters who worked tirelessly to save these majestic animals.

Coalition Says State Should Vacate Its Transfer of Authority to the NRC Because the People Have Spoken Emphatically on the Issue

Volunteers to go door-to-door this weekend urging a NO vote

(Note to editors: Keep Michigan Wolves Protected campaign staff and volunteers will gather to watch the election results from Hobie’s Café and Pub, 930 Trowbridge Rd., East Lansing after the polls close at 8 p.m., Nov. 4.)

On the eve of the Nov. 4 election, voters asked to protect wolves 

One of the nation’s leading wolf experts will speak at two events this week as Michigan residents get ready to decide the fate of their state’s wolves on Proposals 1 and 2 on the Nov. 4 statewide ballot. Dr. John Vucetich, co-director of the Isle Royale Wolf-Moose Project, will help sort fact from fiction at forums in Detroit and Allendale.

Kristen Bell, Actress and Michigan Native, Urges Residents to Vote NO on Proposals 1 and 2 to Protect Wolves

LANSING, MI - Actress, singer and Michigan native Kristen Bell has endorsed the Keep Michigan Wolves Protected campaign to stop the trophy hunting of wolves and the power grab by politicians. She urges Michiganders to vote NO on Proposals 1 and 2 on November 4. Bell said in a statement: