The first year I went hunting, was seven years ago and I didn't know a lot about the importance of environmental management other than I liked to hunt with my father in northern, Minnesota. However, now we can’t hunt there any more because the wolf population has increased and consequently destroyed the deer population in that area. Since then I have really educated myself in the essentials of hunting and the meaning of managing the different species of wild game. I am an archery hunter and have a great passion for hunting as well as game management. The argument portrays hunters as ruthless killers of innocent animals. Some are persuaded wild game species should be left alone and only admired. However I am going to show the importance of hunting and more specifically in the heated debate of whether we should be able to even hunt and kill wolves. The wolves are in danger of extinction and danger of overpopulation. I say that because the two points that I will make will show how we are managing wolf populations all wrong. The wolf is a majestic creature being the most important animal to the Native Americans because the animal represents leadership and family because wolves rely on one another to survive in the hunt for food. At one time, before 1970, wolves were seen as only predators rather than important to our ecosystem, exterminating many wolves and resulting in mass declines to the edge of extinction (Sarah Couser). Congress took action putting the wolf on the federal endangered list and implementing the wolf restoration act in 1974. This act protected the wolves until the goal of 100 wolves in Wisconsin and by 2005 they well exceeded that number of 350. In 2012 the numbers had increased to 850 and were still rising. This has caused a lot of debate among people who are worried about either having to overpopulation or over-hunting which could lead to extinction. Considering there has been a significant decline in deer population raises the question of validity of present management policies. Wolves contribute to an ecosystem in many different ways other than killing a lot of deer and elk. Our environment is a widespread “trophic cascade” which is an ecological process that starts from the top of the food chain