HF2159 Summary

• Amends Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.645, subdivision 9, to prohibit any open season for taking wolves in Minnesota.

• Maintains the prohibition on wolf hunting until the wolf is delisted under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973.

• After federal delisting occurs, authorizes the commissioner to prescribe open seasons and restrictions for taking wolves, subject to public comment requirements.

• Referred to the House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.