(Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources photo)

State wildlife regulators say Wisconsin’s wolf population has grown to more than 1,200 and appears to be stabilizing, according to revised population estimates.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources presented the revised estimates Thursday at the first meeting of its wolf advisory committee since a 2014 federal court ruling placed wolves back on the endangered species list.

The agency monitors wolves through winter surveys of tracks, live trapping and monitoring of GPS collars. The DNR previously estimated the state had about 1,000 wolves in 2023, but the agency didn’t produce an over-winter population estimate last year due to a lack of snow and collar failures.

Since then, the agency has switched collar companies and made impr

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