Potential strategies for managing Utah's wolf-livestock conflicts

Authors

T. Adam Switalski, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan
Trey Simmons, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan
Shiree L. Duncan, Department of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan
Andreas S. Chavez, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan
Robert H. Schmidt, Department of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Logan

Abstract

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) classifies gray wolf populations as either endangered, threatened, or nonessential / experimental. Therefore, if wolves enter Utah under their current legal classification, the USFWS will be the primary agency responsible for wolf management (see Section 2). For the last 30 years, this agency has been responsible for managing recovering wolf populations in other parts of the United States, both in the Great Lakes and the Rockies. Unfortunately, wolves have come into conflict with livestock in all of their recovery areas. As a result, the USFWS has taken various measures to minimize these conflicts, while maintaining their objectives to continue to recover wolf populations.

Recommended Citation

Switalski, T. Adam; Simmons, Trey; Duncan, Shiree L.; Chavez, Andreas S.; and Schmidt, Robert H. (2002) "Potential strategies for managing Utah's wolf-livestock conflicts," Natural Resources and Environmental Issues: Vol. 10, Article 7.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei/vol10/iss1/7