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Washington State Grizzly Reintroduction
WildlifeAssassin:
There are people actively pushing grizzly reintroduction in the North Cascades. During the last WDFW commission meeting they voted to keep grizzlies on the endangered list and spoke about a department committee working with the feds on this.
You can watch here:
https://player.invintus.com/?clientID=2836755451&eventID=2019061003
It is right around 4hrs in.
The employee giving the presentation mentions they received 21 comments, 8 of which were opposing reintroduction. Immediately after his talk a crazy lady tells the commission their group has received 12,000 or 120,000 comments in support of reintroduction. WE HAVE TO MAKE COMMENTS OR THIS WILL BE WOLVES ALL OVER AGAIN. The Cascades cannot handle more apex predators being dropped on the land.
Contact the commission directly, email them at: commission@dfw.wa.gov
PLEASE take the couple of minutes to let them know the hunters in this state are opposed to this insanity. Just because an animal lived here at one time in history doesn’t make it appropriate in current times. Over 7 million people now live in their former range in WA state. Take action now or don’t complain when there is no hunting left in this state.
ctwiggs1:
e-mail sent!
bigtex:
It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out. Many were shocked when Trump's Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke publicly announced for the introduction of grizzlies in WA. His view was well it's been okay in Montana so why not WA. Zinke is gone, Dave Bernhardt is in. However, Bernhardt hasn't really shifted course with anything Zinke did and realistically Bernhardt is more involved in the commercial side of the Interior Department whereas Zinke catered to both.
boneaddict:
Alot of places I go already have them, so I pay little attention. Mostly food and habitat limits them to why they aren't around in the first place. They arent going to impact ungulates nearly like their other pet project.
KFhunter:
--- Quote from: boneaddict on June 24, 2019, 12:01:32 PM ---Alot of places I go already have them, so I pay little attention. Mostly food and habitat limits them to why they aren't around in the first place. They arent going to impact ungulates nearly like their other pet project.
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I think grizz impact ungulates far more than one would think, they're very adept at taking calves off birthing grounds but also push wolves to kill more frequently due to robbing and bumping wolves and cats off kills. Grizz have no different requirements than do black bears, but they prefer more scavenging and meat, so that is the limiting factor. Grizz would impact elk herds more so than other ungulates.