Researchers Suggest Multi-Species Approach To Address Rebounding Predators

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Researchers Suggest Multi-Species Approach To Address Tensions From Rebounding Predators, ESA Species
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2015 (PST)

The protection and resurgence of major predators such as seals, sea lions and wolves has created new challenges for wildlife managers, including rising conflicts with people, other predators and, in some cases, risks to imperiled species such as endangered salmon and steelhead, a new research paper finds.
 
The study by scientists from NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center and the University of Washington examines recovering predator populations along the West Coast of the United States and in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, and the conflicts surrounding them.

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