WOLVES COLONIZING COLORADO? WE ROOT FOR THEM TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD AND HAVE SUCCESS

As they have been able to find their way into Oregon, are wolves now successfully breeding in Oregon? Have they been able to make the trek from Wyoming successfully and stay out of our way long enough to rendezvous, mate and create breeding packs? Biologist Cristina Eisenberg's scat and track detection work in the northwestern part of the Centennial State leads her to feel that C. lupus has indeed begun to successfully prospect the Southern Rockies...........

 

Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon,(Gray Wolves), New Mexico(Mexican Wolves).........................the bridge is elongating and expanding...............Minnesota, Michigan, Wiconsin and even a few fearless loners in Illionoi( lupus or lupus x lycaon, Gray or gray Eastern hybrids)....................

 

Perhaps Washington State in a few years and the Dakota's and Nebraska next..............My friend Marty Stouffer(Emmy award winning PBS show) might once again be able to say,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"REMEMBER, ENJOY YOUR WILD AMERICA" ! 

 

Cristina is hard at work setting up shop on private ranchland(Thank you kind Ranchers) and continuing the monitoring process of the Colorado wolves. We wish her luck and will continue to update all of you on her progress and evaluations as she alerts us in the months ahead.

 

Meanwhile, please enjoy(use the links below) the coverage of her work in National Geographic and High Country News.

 

HER NEW BOOK ON KEYSTONE PREDATORS:  THE WOLF'S TOOTH: KEYSTONE PREDATORS, TROPHIC CASCADES AND BIODIVERSITY IS BEING RELEASED BY ISLAND PRESS ON EARTH DAY, APRIL 22. IT IS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THAT THROUGH THE ISLAND PRESS( CLICK AND LINK AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE)AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT AMAZON AND BARNES & NOBLEWILL ALSO BE ABLE TO FULFILL YOUR ORDERS. I AM INVESTING IN A  COPY AND I HOPE YOU WILL AS WELL.

 

 

Dear Rick,

 

Thanks for all you are doing to advance carnivore conservation and thanks for offering to post about my book. Its official publication date is Earth Day 2010, but it will be available before then. There will be more developments with the HLR science, as the DNA results will become available soon. I will keep you posted. The interesting thing about the HLR work is that it is carnivore conservation on a mixed-use quintessential western landscape--with all the issues that go along with that. Such a learning experience for all of us working there.

 

Cristina Eisenberg

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Rick,

 

Thank you for including me in this notice and thanks for the invitation to view your blog--it is beautifully done and very relevant stuff. I don't know if you are aware of this, but my Island Press book on keystone predators is coming out in the next couple of weeks: The Wolf's Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity. I have attached some information about it. My wolf work has been covered recently by the media, in National Geographic and in High Country News. In Colorado I am documenting what appears to be a recolonizing wolf population, working on the High Lonesome Ranch, a large privately-owned ranch being managed for conservation purposes. Below are links to these two articles and a link to the Island Press Webpage for my book.

 

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/03/wolf-wars/chadwick-text

 

 

http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.3/prodigal-dogs

 

 

www.islandpress.org/wolfstooth

 

 

 

 

All best,

 

Cristina Eisenberg

PhD Candidate

Boone & Crockett Fellow

Oregon State University

College of Forestry