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minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months 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-up16·2 months agoThe environment is more important than rancher’s bottom lines
minus-squarefossilesqueOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agohttps://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecm.1598 more on this topic, it is open access
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI wonder if anyone knows whether ranchers in WY / MT lost income & were compensated by the state as well?
minus-squareotterpop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoYes, they were. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission regularly compensates losses due to predation that have been verified.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months 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-up5·2 months 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?