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Wolf Management Debate comes to Kittitas County |
So, with packs being confirmed in and around the ranching valley where I reside, it is a perfect time to take stock about how folks feel about the return of this predator to the neighborhood. Given the community, I expect most will be unhappy. Some may be excited. Some may not care. I hope that this study on the attitudes of residents towards wolves will help with managing future conflicts.
I've always had an interest in wildlife/animal conflicts. I spent years studying all sides of the free-roaming horse debate. From the activists to the biologists and range managers to the ranchers. It was, and is, a very interesting, convoluted topic. I intended on writing my thesis on that subject, but it was just too difficult with the BLM herds so far away and native tribes closed to outsiders, for the most part.
This quote represents where I am going with this new research"

~Introduction to Wolves and Human Communities by Virginia A. Sharpe, Bryan G. Norton, and Strachan Donnelley
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