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By: Jason E EvittInstructor: Elizabeth O’Connell, PhD.
Sustainability Studies CapstoneMay 1, 2015
Jason E EvittEmail: [email protected]
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References
THROUGH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WOLVES, THEIR FAMILY STRUCTURE, THEIR ROLE IN AN ECOSYSTEM, AND EVALUATION OF ACCUSATIONS TOWARD THEM, THE NEED TO RESTORE WOLVES TO COLORADO AND THE BENEFITS THEY WILL BRING IS EVIDENT.
Thesis Statement
Wolves Kill Few Of The Total Livestock Inventory.Proven Strategies Often Reduce Depredations To Zero.
Ecology/Ecosystem Decline
The Social Structure of Wolf Packs is Extremely Important
Biology/Predator Control
Tourism brought $35.5 million to the Greater Yellowstone region in 2007 by people specifically there for wolves.
Economics-Wolves are Bringing Big $$$
The gray wolf is a Colorado native. Colorado has the available terrain, prey base, public support, and ecological need for wolves to be restored to their rightful and historic range within its boundaries. The importance of reestablishing wolves in Colorado is underscored by the importance of metapopulations to facilitate dispersal and consequent genetic viability. By utilizing the best science available, improved management practices of livestock production, and by recognizing and acknowledging the ulterior and paradoxical effects lethal control has on wolf populations, the benefits of having wolves in Colorado’s biome would outweigh any perceived negative tradeoffs.
Conclusions
Wolves Initiate Cascades of Effects in Ecosystems
Coexistence/Livestock
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ORGANIZATION’SHIGH RESOLUTION
LOGO
Colorado has Great Habitat and Connectivity for Wolves
Connectivity/Metapopulations
$100 Million per YearOn Predator Control
Wolves Rarely Attack Humans
Wolf
Carrion
Cutthroat Trout
Bears
Moose
Potential Connectivity BetweenNorthern & Southern Rocky
Mountain Wolf Packs
“To look into the eyes of a wolf is to see your own soul.”Native American Proverb
Wildlife Watching-$2.28 Billion
Hunting-$919 Million $-
$500,000,000.00
$1,000,000,000.00
$1,500,000,000.00
$2,000,000,000.00
$2,500,000,000.00
Total Economic Effect - 2014Colorado
SRM Wolf Habitat and Core Areas of Potential Restoration
Cattle and Calves Depredations by Wolves
Sheep and Lambs Depredations by Wolves
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
Wyoming Livestock Inventory & Wolf Depredations
2010-26CT, 33SH 2011-35CT, 30SH2012-44CT, 112SH 2013-40CT, 33SH
North America-0 Deaths
Europe-4 Deaths Russia-4 Deaths0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
60,000
15,000
40,000
0 4 4
Wolf Population/Human Deaths from Wolf Attacks
1952 - 2002Wolf Population Wolf Caused Human Deaths