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Two Wolves Left on Isle Royale, Moose Herd Goes Unchecked-Park Service considers more wolves
Deadline Detroit/MichiganRadio ^
| April 12th, 2016
Posted on 04/13/2016 5:04:45 AM PDT by SJackson
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:04:45 AM PDT
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SJackson
To: SJackson
How about a hunting season.
Naw, that would make sense.
L
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:06:42 AM PDT
by
Lurker
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I've no problem with bringing wolves to the island, though it may be a bit late. The alternative, cycles of moose starvation. I won't suggest the equally logical issuance of limited numbers of moose tags to hunters.
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:07:21 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(Oh my God, she's so beautiful and she's so little!, Huma first impression of Hillary)
To: SJackson
Alternately, they could just allow hunting....
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:07:39 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: Lurker
They could make good money off of that.
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:08:53 AM PDT
by
boycott
(--s)
To: PapaBear3625; Lurker
Won’t happen, can’t let visitors see that. Place is deserted in the winter which would provide a great opportunity.
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:09:16 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(Oh my God, she's so beautiful and she's so little!, Huma first impression of Hillary)
To: SJackson
If it’s a national treasure then just leave it alone.
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:10:02 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: SJackson
Isle Royale has been a sort of naturally occurring experiment on the boom-bust cycles of predator-prey populations. Wolves originally appeared there after crossing the ice during a long past winter. They and moose have fluctuated back and forth in characteristic fashion, but now appear to have reached a tipping point. The park service should introduce more wolves to restore some balance and control the potentially destructive moose population.
To: Lurker
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:11:52 AM PDT
by
Hugin
(Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
To: SJackson
They left out an important detail: Are the wolves two males, two females, or one of each. Or does that distinction no longer matter to today’s more enlightened and open-minded scientists?
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:12:31 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
To: SJackson
Where did the 50 wolves go? Lake Superior was frozen solid the two winters past, did they just walk away?
To: SJackson
The first wolves arrived during one of the lake freezes. Whether or not more wolves arrived during later freezes remains a question. If the island is down to two wolves, there could be a future inbreeding problem.
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:16:21 AM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: hinckley buzzard
Yes. Unmentioned in the article, a drop back in 1980-82 from 50 to 14 caused by canine parvovirus though to have been brought over by a visitor. The population never recovered from that, thought to be caused by a lack of genetic variability. For anyone interested.
FIVE DECADES OF FLUCTUATING WOLF AND MOOSE POPULATIONS
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:16:32 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(Oh my God, she's so beautiful and she's so little!, Huma first impression of Hillary)
To: babble-on
Note post 13. The population problem dates to the 80s when it dropped from 50 to 14 due to parvo. I believe there were hopes some might cross over last winter, but apparently no luck. Given the fact that the wolf population is relatively recent, I’d support introducing a few new packs. Or figure out how to deal with the moose problem, there are no other predators, the coyotes being driven out decades ago by the wolves, and they can’t deal with moose even if they do turn up on their own.
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:21:11 AM PDT
by
SJackson
(Oh my God, she's so beautiful and she's so little!, Huma first impression of Hillary)
To: moose07
Wolves on the island: heads up!
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:21:54 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The world is full of wonder, but you see it only if you look." ~NicknamedBob)
To: babble-on
The population also was not very strong because it was very inbred.
There were three wolves left, and one did exit on the ice bridge last winter, but was shot on the Minnesota mainland. People don’t really love having adult wolves in their neighborhoods.
To: hinckley buzzard
Agreed. They’ll end up like the St. Matthews caribou.
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:29:10 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: Pollster1
Maybe the moose can teach the wolves to be open minded.
To: SJackson
Sounds to me like the wolves they’ve got aren’t doing their job. They need to import some Mexican wolves. And pay them $15 an hour!
To: Lurker
Why don’t these people just mind their own f’n business?
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posted on
04/13/2016 5:33:52 AM PDT
by
donhunt
(Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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