1. By: Jason E Evitt
Instructor: Elizabeth O’Connell, PhD.
Sustainability Studies Capstone
May 1, 2015
Jason E Evitt
Email: gofro@live.com
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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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Colorado has Great Habitat and Connectivity for Wolves
Connectivity/Metapopulations
Wolves Rarely Attack Humans
Wolf
Carrion
Cutthroat
Trout
Bears
Moose
Potential Connectivity Between
Northern & Southern Rocky
Mountain Wolf Packs
“To look into the eyes of a wolf is to see your own soul.”
Native American Proverb
$-
$500,000,000.00
$1,000,000,000.00
$1,500,000,000.00
$2,000,000,000.00
$2,500,000,000.00
Wildlife Watching-$2.28
Billion
Hunting-$919 Million
Total Economic Effect - 2014
Colorado
SRM Wolf Habitat and Core
Areas of Potential Restoration
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
Cattle and Calves Depredations by
Wolves
Sheep and Lambs Depredations by
Wolves
Wyoming Livestock Inventory & Wolf
Depredations
2010-26CT, 33SH 2011-35CT, 30SH
2012-44CT, 112SH 2013-40CT, 33SH
60,000
15,000
40,000
0 4 4
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
North America-0
Deaths
Europe-4 Deaths Russia-4 Deaths
Wolf Population/Human
Deaths from Wolf Attacks
1952 - 2002
Wolf Population Wolf Caused Human Deaths