Dear Shooting & Hunting Industry Member;
The following e-mail went to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle yesterday, in regards to the fast growing wolf populations in those states - and the now declining deer populations in those areas where wolves have a strong presence.
While hunters are now beginning to feel the bite of the wolf…the residents of these states have only seen the tip of that iceberg.
The following includes two LOBO WATCH links, to a two-part report written by former USFWS Chief of Operations for the National Wildlife Refuge system, Jim Beers - and it takes a hard look at what lies ahead.
When is the shooting & hunting industry going to organize and get involved with a strong, unified stand against the idiocy of allowing wolves to continue spreading into other wildlife rich regions of this country? Hunting opportunities are now beginning to dry up in Montana, Idaho, and northwestern Wyoming. And wolves are now moving out of these areas and into Washington, Oregon and Colorado…just as they moved out of Minnesota and into Wisconsinand the UP of Michigan.
And as it has everywhere wolves are allowed to establish strong population levels, the amount of huntable big game quickly crashes.
Is the shooting and hunting industry going to sit on its ass and watch the past hundred years of conservation efforts simply be lost? Many of those who live in the West have witnessed the loss of 60- to 80-percent of some very fine elk herds to wolves, and they already feel as if the industry has deserted them.
Toby Bridges
LOBO WATCH
100 Parker Court
Missoula, MT 59801
Jim Beers retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after 32 years of service, during which he filled positions as a wildlife biologist, a special agent, and even as the Chief of Operations for the National Wildlife Refuge system, among others.
He has seen USFWS at its best, and at its worst.
In a two-part report published on the LOBO WATCH website, he shares the true reason why wolves are being reestablished as the primary predator, wolf impact, their spread, and the danger they pose to all Americans.
Whether you are for or against having wolves among us, these eye-opening reports share details about wolves that most Americans have not been told by those who are forcing us to accept them. If we’re going to be faced with living with wolves, here is the start to the education every one of us will require.
Part 1 – Wolf Country in 2010
http://www.lobowatch.com/WhyWolves.html
Part 2 – Wolves, A Deadly Threat Coming To Urban America
http://www.lobowatch.com/WhyWolves2.html
Ironically, as I was building the page for Part 2 of Jim Beers’ report on LOBO WATCH yesterday, I received a phone call from a local predator controller who had just been alerted that 15 wolves had been spotted on a mountain side only about 3 miles from where I sat. The pack had crossed just above the big white “L” (Loyola Sacred Heart High School) on Mount Jumbo…right at the edge of Missoula.
It’s happening.
Toby Bridges
LOBO WATCH
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