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minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 day agoWe’re reintroducing wolves in my state now and its been problematic so far. https://coloradosun.com/2025/03/05/gray-wolves-depredation-payments-colorado-wildlife-commission/ Nb: I don’t have a side in this. Just sharing recent news.
minus-squareNewOldGuard [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day agoThe environment is more important than rancher’s bottom lines
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agohttps://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecm.1598 more on this topic, it is open access
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI wonder if anyone knows whether ranchers in WY / MT lost income & were compensated by the state as well?
minus-squareotterpop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoYes, they were. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission regularly compensates losses due to predation that have been verified.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoReintroducing wolves won’t work everywhere. Hunting can be an effective population control as well, but seeing how large and sparsely populated Yellowstone is, it’s probably why it didn’t work there.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI guess the government pays for all other lost income due to natural events?
We’re reintroducing wolves in my state now and its been problematic so far.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/03/05/gray-wolves-depredation-payments-colorado-wildlife-commission/
Nb: I don’t have a side in this. Just sharing recent news.
The environment is more important than rancher’s bottom lines
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https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecm.1598 more on this topic, it is open access
I wonder if anyone knows whether ranchers in WY / MT lost income & were compensated by the state as well?
Yes, they were. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission regularly compensates losses due to predation that have been verified.
Reintroducing wolves won’t work everywhere.
Hunting can be an effective population control as well, but seeing how large and sparsely populated Yellowstone is, it’s probably why it didn’t work there.
I guess the government pays for all other lost income due to natural events?