Author Archives: Nathan Lyle
Testing Fladry as a Nonlethal Management Tool for Wolves and Coyotes in Michigan
July 3, 2019
Several forms of nonlethal management exist, but field testing is problematic, and few such techniques have been tested on free-ranging wolves (Canis lupus) or other predators. We tested fladry in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan during the summers of … read more
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged coyotes, fladry, management, michigan, nonlethal, testing, wolves
Conditioned Taste Aversion: A behavioral Solution to the Behavioral Aspects of Predator-Prey Conflicts
July 3, 2019
The Problem from a behavioral perspective: Recently released endangered predators are being killed because they are attracted to scent and other cues of aggregated domestic livestock. Conditioned Taste Aversion (CTA) is a powerful and lasting form of learning that converts … read more
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged aspects, aversion, behavioral, conditioned, solution, taste
Conditioned Taste Aversion
July 3, 2019
Since 1972 our research group has been working to develop a practical method for altering the predatory behavior of coyotes that spares both the coyote and the lamb. Our work has been guided by a working model of predatory behavior … read more
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged aversion, conditioned, taste
Evaluating The Scientific Soundness Of Plans For Harvesting Wolves To Manage Depredations In Michigan
July 3, 2019
One of the two reasons offered by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MIDNR) for harvesting wolves is to reduce the number of depredations. The MI-DNR describes its plan for achieving this goal as being geographically targeted. In particular, the … read more
Posted in Native American | Tagged evaluating, harvesting, manage, plans, scientific, soundness, wolves
Ojibwe and Canis Lupus – Cultural, Historical, and Political Influences on Contemporary Wolf Management in the Great Lakes Region
July 3, 2019
In the creation story of the Ojibwe1, Original Man was created by Kitche Manitou; the Great Spirit. Original Man was given the task to walk across the world and name all the living things. While he was completing this task, … read more
Posted in Native American | Tagged canis, cultural, historical, influences, lupus, ojibwe, political
North American Model of Wildlife Conservation: Empowerment and Exclusivity Hinder Advances in Wildlife Conservation
July 3, 2019
We argue that the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAM) as currently promoted is an overly narrow construct, used both to explain how North American wildlife conservation developed historically, and as a prescriptive framework for applying a hunting-focused form … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged american, conservation, empowerment, exclusivity, model, north, wildlife
