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<blockquote data-quote="tuscan" data-source="post: 2142896" data-attributes="member: 90621"><p>Also a resident. And not against wolves - they are natural and are returning in northern regions already anyway.</p><p></p><p>However, your comment "our voters' decision to mandate a scientific approach to wolves" is not correct. The voters' decision was to mandate the reintroduction of wolves. A scientific approach would have been to study whether it is useful at this time to devote scarce resources to reintroduce wolves now, not mandate the reintroduction now. (The actual language was: (a) DEVELOP A PLAN TO RESTORE AND MANAGE GRAY WOLVES IN COLORADO, USING THE BEST SCIENTIFIC DATA AVAILABLE<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. The difference is game biologists employed by the state already could have studied whether to reintroduce, and when. Since the wolves are here and are beginning to establish themselves in the remotest regions, one approach that could have been studied would have been to allow existing wolf packs to disperse naturally, in balance with the availability of prey and remote range. Another issue that biologists would have studied is how the sudden introduction of wolves will impact the growing and in some regions fragile population of moose - a species whose habits make them particularly vulnerable to large, pack-based predators. Those questions will not be studied now because the reintroduction is mandated. </p><p></p><p>The word "scientific" can be used by both sides of an issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tuscan, post: 2142896, member: 90621"] Also a resident. And not against wolves - they are natural and are returning in northern regions already anyway. However, your comment "our voters’ decision to mandate a scientific approach to wolves" is not correct. The voters' decision was to mandate the reintroduction of wolves. A scientific approach would have been to study whether it is useful at this time to devote scarce resources to reintroduce wolves now, not mandate the reintroduction now. (The actual language was: (a) DEVELOP A PLAN TO RESTORE AND MANAGE GRAY WOLVES IN COLORADO, USING THE BEST SCIENTIFIC DATA AVAILABLE;). The difference is game biologists employed by the state already could have studied whether to reintroduce, and when. Since the wolves are here and are beginning to establish themselves in the remotest regions, one approach that could have been studied would have been to allow existing wolf packs to disperse naturally, in balance with the availability of prey and remote range. Another issue that biologists would have studied is how the sudden introduction of wolves will impact the growing and in some regions fragile population of moose - a species whose habits make them particularly vulnerable to large, pack-based predators. Those questions will not be studied now because the reintroduction is mandated. The word "scientific" can be used by both sides of an issue. [/QUOTE]
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