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He died on that hill

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The editor declined to publish this article and instead printed a letter with a complaint about wolf impacts on the deer herd in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Privileging these opinions, conspiracy theories (a source told me the governor is ordering staff at the Department of Natural Resources to suppress and ignore data), and misinformation campaigns has real consequences  and was a huge red flag that induced me to begin seeking employment elsewhere. Update: the Jan. 10 edition includes an 850 word letter blaming wolves for the large reduction in deer harvest. U.P. deer harvest down, wolf sightings up The Wyoming legislature has taken the gray wolf off protected status and created a hunting season for them a couple different times in the past decade. The final, official numbers are in for Michigan’s 2023 deer harvest and in the Upper Peninsula, where the figures dropped 30% compared with last year, sportsmen remain concerned about wolves. Although wildlife experts with the Michigan