[Straight Vermonter]

I am of 2 minds about having wolves here. I know the farmers don't want them but as a backpacker I would kind of like the romance that wolves add to an evening in the mountains. Aaaaaaoooooooooooooooooo!

[The Other Harry]

I think we want the wolves. The deer population would certainly benefit from their presence.

[usconservative]

Amazingly, the wolves have re-appeared in the part of Illinois that I live in. I used to hear them frequently, occasionally see them about 10 years ago, then they stopped.

Back in August, I was awakened to the howling of a few wolves around midnight - 1am. The windows were open in the bedroom and they didn't sound too far off.

I live in Will County, in a somewhat still rural area of the county. Frankly, I welcome the wolves back. The deer population here has EXPLODED and something needs to trim the deer herd back since the damn' state won't let us shoot them.

[Sam Cree]

So, Rosie, do you hear these things at night? Pretty interesting, I wonder what danger they could pose.

[JimVT]

I wouldn't mind having a couple in my neighborhood.

It might solve the the problem of cats allowed to wander around crapping in my garden and elswhere.

[KeyBored]

Wolves in Vermont?

Saw the headline, and thought the thread would be about Leaky Leahy or Jumpin' Jeffords.

If it were about them, I'd say keep them in Vermont - don't send them to Washington to plaque the rest of us.

[toddst]

. . . as a backpacker I would kind of like the romance that wolves add to an evening in the mountains.

The wolves won't be such wonderful company for you if their numbers go up. Backpackers will become endangered, as opposed to wolves. The romance of it goes away quick.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Perhaps they're just dropping to form civil unions?

[jart]

hello

about 3 or 4 years ago i saw a wolf several times in
a marsh at lighthouse point park here in new haven ct.
in fact we watched one morning as it hunted and got a
shorebird.

we also have tons of coyotes here in ct, i mean tons.

bear and mountain lion have been seen in ct.

so much for vanishing species.

[Gideon7]

The wolf population in northern MN has exploded to over 3000. When the Interior department recommended de-listing the wolf from the list of endangered species in MN, the environmentalists had a conniption fit.

A bill to allow hunting of wolves was also turned back by the environmentalists, most of whom live in the Twin Cities and have never seen a wolf. It is illegal to shoot a wolf unless in the actual process of attacking livestock. The number of sheep in farms in northern MN has dropped 54%, and there is no longer open grazing for most cattle during most of the year.

Just a taste of what you ranchers in Vermont can look forward to.