justnorth posted on August 22, 2007 16:46 :: 1255 Views
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has hired a veteran wildlife biologist from Arizona to coordinate the state's wolf management plan.
Daniel Stark, who worked on the Mexican gray wolf recovery project in Arizona, will oversee the ongoing transition of wolf management from the federal government to the Minnesota DNR.
He spent the past five years as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wolf biologist in Arizona. Prior to that he served as a general wolf biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in New Mexico.
"Dan will bring additional depth to our agency as we implement our state's wolf management plan," said Michael DonCarlos, DNR wildlife research manager. "He has extensive field, policy and research experience following seven years of working on wolf recovery projects."
Stark, a Minnesota native, earned his wildlife management degree from St. Cloud State University and is completing his master's in wildlife conservation management at the University of Arizona.
Minnesota has been prepared to assume wolf management responsibility since 2001, when it completed its wolf recovery plan. The federal government returned wolf management to the state in March.
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