Posts Tagged: conservation

Killing for the common good? The (bio)politics of wolf management in Washington State
November 30, 2022
Washington State has been rocked by conflict over wolves, whose return to rural landscapes after their extirpation a century ago has brought them into new, often violent relations with human society. I interpret this emblematic instance of human–wildlife conflict as … read more
Posted in Conflicts, Resources | Tagged Biopolitics, Commoning, conservation, Environmentality, Human–wildlife conflict, wildlife

Forest Carnivore Conservation and Management in the Interior Columbia Basin: Issues and Environmental Correlates
August 29, 2021
Forest carnivores in the Pacific Northwest include 11 medium to large-sized mammalian species of canids, felids, mustelids, and ursids. These carnivores have widely differing status in the region, with some harvested in regulated furbearer seasons, some taken for depredations, and … read more
Posted in Pacific West Wolves | Tagged animal damage, black bear, bobcat, carnivores, conservation, conservation biology, coyote, disturbance, fisher, forest management, fragmentation, geographic information systems, gray wolf, grizzly bear, late successional forest, lynx, management, marten, mountain lion, river otter, roads, wilderness, wolverine

The Practices of Wolf Persecution, Protection, and Restoration in Canada and the United States
August 29, 2021
Wolf management can be controversial, reflecting a wide range of public attitudes. We analyzed wolf management case histories representing a spectrum of approaches in Canada and the United States. During the early 20th century, wolves were considered undesirable. They were … read more
Posted in Canada, Europe, & Asia Wolves | Tagged Canis lupus, conservation, control, North America, wolves

Evaluating how lethal management affects poaching of Mexican wolves
April 1, 2021
Despite illegal killing (poaching) being the major cause of death among large carnivores globally, little is known about the effect of implementing lethal management policies on poaching. Two opposing hypotheses have been proposed in the literature: implementing lethal management may … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves, Resources | Tagged Canis lupus baileyi, conservation, endangered species, large carnivore, policy signal, survival analysis

Large carnivore hunting and the social license to hunt
March 4, 2021
The social license to operate framework considers how society grants or withholds informal permission for resource extractors to exploit publicly owned resources. We developed a modified model, which we refer to as the social license to hunt (SLH). In it … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged animal use, conservation, social license to operate, stakeholders, wildlife

Carnivore Conservation Needs Evidence-Based Livestock Protection
December 29, 2019
Scientists alone cannot transform policies for implementation. The pursuit of science-based management must be truly interdisciplinary and involve carnivore ecologists, animal husbandry scientists, social scientists, natural resource managers, ethicists, and other scholars and practitioners. Political leaders can also play a … read more
Posted in Conflicts | Tagged based, carnivore, conservation, evidence, livestock, needs, protection