Author: Brian Roell of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Presentation given at the 2015 Midwest Wolf Stewards Conference at Northland College. April 2015.
Public Act 487 Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is the lead agency responsible for responding to claims of livestock depredation caused by wolves, coyotes and cougars. Reimbursements for missing animals are now possible if the depredation was caused by wolves. Affidavit for Depredation Compensation and EFT instructions. If the department fails to make the indemnification payment within a 45-day time period, the person is entitled to receive twice the amount of the original claim.
INDEMNIFICATION Year MDA IWC Missing Total 1998 $612.50 NA NA $612.50 1999 $400.00 NA NA $400.00 2000 $850.00 NA NA $850.00 2001 $1,450.00 $750.00 NA $2,200.00 2002 $3,081.00 $567.50 NA $3,648.50 2003 $4,370.00 $350.00 NA $4,720.00 2004 $4,575.00 $860.00 NA $5,435.00 2005 $1,510.00 $380.00 NA $1,890.00 2006 $1,765.00 $825.00 NA $2,590.00 2007 $5,564.75 $1,095.00 NA $6,659.75 2008 $7,264.90 $1,700.00 NA $8,964.90 2009 $3,526.50 $1,170.00 NA $4,696.50 2010 $20,026.50 $2,355.01 NA $22,381.51 2011 $15,754.50 NA NA $15,754.50 2012 $20,530.00 NA NA $20,530.00 2013 $3,260.00 NA $1,550.00 $4,810.00 2014 $17,916.66 NA $11,083.34 $29,000.00 Totals $112,457.31 $10,052.51 $12,633.34 $135,143.16
Wolf Abundance and Number of Dog Depredation Events in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 1996-2014 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Dog depredation events Wolf abundance
Number of wolf packs involved with depredation of livestock and dogs in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 1996-2014. In 2014, fourteen packs (11%) of the estimated number packs were known to have caused depredation. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Number of Wolf Packs Year Livestock Dogs
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division Procedure 2012 - Permits were issued to 15 property owners and 11 wolves were killed. 2013 – Permits were issued to 6 property owners and 6 wolves were killed. 2014 - Permits were issued to 9 property owners and 0 wolves were killed. All permits were recalled after 12/19/14
Michigan's Wolf Livestock Demonstration Project Grant Program This grant has provided funding to 29 farms, which allowed for the placement of 31 donkeys and 17 fencing projects
Wolf Control (not including harvest) Total 113 73 Livestock 30 Human Safety Year 4d rule 10a- 1A Permit Human Safety, USFWS (50 CFR 17.21) Federal Delisted State Threatened Human Safety after Federal Delisting Livestock State and Federal Delisted Dogs State and Federal Delisted PA 290 PA 318 Damage Control Permit Human Safety; State and Federal Delisted Research related Total 2003 4 NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 4 2004 5 NA 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 6 2005 NA 2 4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 6 2006 NA 7 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 7 2007 NA NA 3 14 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 18 2008 NA NA NA 8 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 9 2009 NA NA NA NA NA 1 NA NA NA NA 0 0 1 2010 NA NA 5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 5 2011 NA NA 4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 4 2012 Delisted 1 0 6 0 11 8 0 26 2013 Delisted 0 0 4 0 6 2 0 12 2014 Delisted 0 8 4 1 0 1 1 15 Total 9 9 17 22 2 2 8 14 1 17 11 1 113
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