Posts Tagged: wildlife
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
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
Wolves contribute to disease control in a multi-host system
September 1, 2020
We combine model results with field data for a system of wolves (Canis lupus) that prey on wild boar (Sus scrofa), a wildlife reservoir of tuberculosis, to examine how predation may contribute to disease control in multi-host systems. Results show … read more
Posted in CWD & Other Diseases, Resources | Tagged disease, infectious, Multi-Host, species, wildlife, wolves
Attitudes to Wolves and Wolf Policy Among Ojibwe Tribal Members and Non-tribal Residents of Wisconsin’s Wolf Range
September 1, 2020
Gray wolf (Canis lupus) policy is dynamic and involves multiple stakeholders. Attitudinal surveys have historically measured stakeholder attitudes, although Native American views have rarely been studied systematically. We sent a mail-back questionnaire to members of the Bad River Band of … read more
Posted in Native American, Resources | Tagged carnivore management, human, Native Americans, ojibwe, policy, stakeholder opinion, survey, treaty rights, Tribal, Victoria Shelley, wildlife, wisconsin, wolves
Minnesotans’ Attitudes Toward Wolves and Wolf Management
July 6, 2020
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with the University of Minnesota through the Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, conducted a survey of Minnesota residents to support the 2020 update to the Minnesota Wolf Management Plan.
Posted in Human Dimensions | Tagged advocate, Deer, Environmentalist, Farmer, Hunter, hunting, management, minnesota, moose, report, values, wildlife, Wolf, wolves
Comments opposing Delisting Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
March 6, 2020
These comments on the Proposed Rule to Remove Ma’iingan (Grey Wolf/Canis lupus) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2018-0097 (Proposed Rule), have been authorized by the Board of Commissioners (Board) and the Voigt Intertribal Task Force … read more
Posted in Native American | Tagged endangered, Fish, Great Lakes, Grey Wolf, Indian, Ma’iingan, Tribal, Voigt, wildlife, Wolf, wolves
