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Some hot news out of Salem in the last week has been the Wolf Plan adopted Friday, June 7, after a contentious series of hearings held by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission.

According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, which is overseen by the commission, which answers to the governor, commissioners reached a decision on revisions to the plan after hearing from 44 people who showed up to testify and reviewing “thousands of public comments.”

Testimony has come from all sides. Hunting and farming groups have, in the words of an Oregon Hunters Association news bulletin th...