Scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western United States
Abstract To inform conservation policy, we solicited scientist perspectives on a controversial conservation issue—the US Fish and Wildlife Service status review to relist gray wolves in the western United States on the Endangered Species Act. Our survey of authors of recent scientific publications o...
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| author | Kevin R. Crooks Mireille N. Gonzalez Benjamin Ghasemi |
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| description | Abstract To inform conservation policy, we solicited scientist perspectives on a controversial conservation issue—the US Fish and Wildlife Service status review to relist gray wolves in the western United States on the Endangered Species Act. Our survey of authors of recent scientific publications on US wolves (n = 84; 26% response rate) indicated that about two‐thirds of respondents supported relisting. About 80% disapproved of Idaho and Montana wolf management plans and believed that they pose a threat to wolf populations in the western United States. Nearly half of respondents were unsure if population estimates of wolves in Idaho and Montana were accurate and reliable and about a fifth believed they were not. Both proponents and opponents of relisting primarily offered policy‐based arguments about state versus federal management, followed by biological arguments about threats to wolves, and social and ethical arguments about wolves and their management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c25d0951b22a4332b67358fd1134d40c2022-12-22T00:33:19ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542022-07-0147n/an/a10.1111/csp2.12728Scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western United StatesKevin R. Crooks0Mireille N. Gonzalez1Benjamin Ghasemi2Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado USADepartment of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado USADepartment of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado USAAbstract To inform conservation policy, we solicited scientist perspectives on a controversial conservation issue—the US Fish and Wildlife Service status review to relist gray wolves in the western United States on the Endangered Species Act. Our survey of authors of recent scientific publications on US wolves (n = 84; 26% response rate) indicated that about two‐thirds of respondents supported relisting. About 80% disapproved of Idaho and Montana wolf management plans and believed that they pose a threat to wolf populations in the western United States. Nearly half of respondents were unsure if population estimates of wolves in Idaho and Montana were accurate and reliable and about a fifth believed they were not. Both proponents and opponents of relisting primarily offered policy‐based arguments about state versus federal management, followed by biological arguments about threats to wolves, and social and ethical arguments about wolves and their management.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12728Canis lupusEndangered Species Actgray wolfharvestmanagementpolicy |
| spellingShingle | Kevin R. Crooks Mireille N. Gonzalez Benjamin Ghasemi Scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western United States Conservation Science and Practice Canis lupus Endangered Species Act gray wolf harvest management policy |
| title | Scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western United States |
| title_full | Scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western United States |
| title_fullStr | Scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western United States |
| title_short | Scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western United States |
| title_sort | scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western united states |
| topic | Canis lupus Endangered Species Act gray wolf harvest management policy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12728 |
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