Author Archives: Nathan Lyle
The Gray Wolf Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): A Case Study in Listing and Delisting Challenges
January 29, 2020
Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or the Act; 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together, the Services) determine which species to “list” as “endangered species” … read more
Posted in All News | Tagged challenges, delisting, endangered, listing, species, study, under
Trophy Hunting Debate
January 29, 2020
The document linked below is three documents in one: a publication, a rebuttal, and a response.
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged debate, hunting, trophy
Predator Control Needs a Standard of Unbiased Randomized Experiments With Cross-Over Design
January 29, 2020
Despite over 20 years of searching for answers about predator control, the policy intervention of killing predators that threaten domestic animals has not been subjected to unbiased randomized experimental tests of effectiveness. Rapid, global changes, such as extinction and … read more
Posted in Conflicts | Tagged control, experiments, needs, predator, randomized, standard, unbiased
What is an Endangered Species?
January 29, 2020
The query “What is an endangered species?” is quickly transformed into a far tougher question: How much loss should a species endure before we agree that the species deserves special protections and concerted effort for its betterment? Judgments about acceptable … read more
Posted in Front Page News | Tagged endangered, species
America Must Protect the Wolf to Save Our Soul
January 29, 2020
In America today, a rabid lupophobia is haunting the backcountry. In May 2011 the Obama administration lifted endangered species protection for the grey wolf in the Great Lakes and northern Rockies. The parochial assassins of the innocent in medieval fashion … read more
Posted in Human Dimensions | Tagged america, protect
Is There A Mechanism That Causes Wolves from Same Area to Disperse Long-distances in Same Direction?
January 29, 2020
Dispersal is a fundamental component of the ecology of most animal populations. Dispersing individuals typically leave their natal habitat in search of a mate or available resources such as food and space (Gotelli 2008). Grey wolves (Canis lupus) typically disperse … read more
Posted in Biology | Tagged causes, direction, disperse, distances, mechanism, there, wolves
