How Wolves Change Rivers

[dapjwy]

Well worth watching...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=ysa5OBhXz-Q

[jack]

Great video, Dap. The benefit of reintroducing the wolves to Yellowstone has been well documented, yet the number of people around the park who would like to eradicate them all is staggering. When I was out there a few years ago, in Cody, Wyoming, on the eastern border of the park, bumper stickers were common that read "Glad you enjoyed your stay, please bring a wolf home with you." Every inn and restaurant I went into had signs vilifying wolves.

Ignorance abounds...

[dapjwy]

~sigh~ That is depressing.

I actually saw this video on Facebook. I am starting to see social media as a great way to get out information like this. Just educating the average person has to make a huge difference, even if some people will refuse to be reached (those with the bumper stickers seem less likely to budget I their thinking).

[katjh]

I'm reading a good book right now about wolves in the West. The book is called "Wolf Land" but Carter Niemeyer. I read his first one as well, "Wolfer". Carter was a Federal Trapper for many years. He got involved with the wolf reintroduction to YNP in the 90's. Both good books.

[jack]

Originally Posted by katjh

I'm reading a good book right now about wolves in the West. The book is called "Wolf Land" but Carter Niemeyer. I read his first one as well, "Wolfer". Carter was a Federal Trapper for many years. He got involved with the wolf reintroduction to YNP in the 90's. Both good books.

Katjh, what are the copyright dates on those works?? Please. I'm just wondering if they're more recent than my last trip out to Wyoming and Idaho.
Thanks!

[katjh]

Originally Posted by jack

Katjh, what are the copyright dates on those works?? Please. I'm just wondering if they're more recent than my last trip out to Wyoming and Idaho.
Thanks!

Jack, "Wolfer" is 2010 and "Wolf Land" is 2016.

[jack]

Originally Posted by katjh

Jack, "Wolfer" is 2010 and "Wolf Land" is 2016.

Thanks! I'll see library down here has one or both. I'd like to give one a try!

[jack]

Originally Posted by katjh

I'm reading a good book right now about wolves in the West. The book is called "Wolf Land" but Carter Niemeyer. I read his first one as well, "Wolfer". Carter was a Federal Trapper for many years. He got involved with the wolf reintroduction to YNP in the 90's. Both good books.

Katjh, I acquired a copy of Wolf Land today and I'm already angry about the way some ranchers play God with their control efforts about what other creatures can exist in their purview.

I was just reading about the use of the pesticide Furadan and how it kills not only target animals but all scavengers that happen upon the poisoned animal. They feed on the flesh and they die also. With my interest piqued, I looked up the product and found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE5LCgbLUMw

[katjh]

Originally Posted by jack

Katjh, I acquired a copy of Wolf Land today and I'm already angry about the way some ranchers play God with their control efforts about what other creatures can exist in their purview.

I was just reading about the use of the pesticide Furadan and how it kills not only target animals but all scavengers that happen upon the poisoned animal. They feed on the flesh and they die also. With my interest piqued, I looked up the product and found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE5LCgbLUMw

The real "kick in the gut" is that many/most of the ranchers are grazing those cattle and sheep on OUR land....for a very minimal fee. When predators kill their animals on our land, the ranchers want OUR animals killed. Yup, makes me angry as well.

I like Carter's books because he has been on both sides of the fence, so to speak. He worked as a Federal trapper (i.e. Killer) for many years and then got involved with the reintroduction. It changed his entire life.

[katjh]

Originally Posted by jack

Great video, Dap. The benefit of reintroducing the wolves to Yellowstone has been well documented, yet the number of people around the park who would like to eradicate them all is staggering. When I was out there a few years ago, in Cody, Wyoming, on the eastern border of the park, bumper stickers were common that read "Glad you enjoyed your stay, please bring a wolf home with you." Every inn and restaurant I went into had signs vilifying wolves.

Ignorance abounds...

There are similar anti-predator (wolf and grizzly) billboards along the highways in WY and MT. Depressing, indeed.