Ministry Mismanagement at its best

[Walking Buffalo]

Predation wasn't what started there decline.

Fair enough....


That was caused by moose.

[LBM]

Fair enough....


That was caused by moose.

Nope moose didn't start there decline either.

[heybert]

Nope moose didn't start there decline either.

Habitat loss?

[Jack Russell]

Habitat loss?

Its a secret, you have to keep guessing till the "smart" insiders decide its time to give you the reality.....good lord the internet has some real odd ducks.

[Walking Buffalo]

Habitat loss?

Sort of....

The creation of Provincial and National Parks seems to be the driver.

In Alberta, caribou have been extirpated from Banff and Jasper National park for a while now.
The only place we have caribou is where we allow industrial activity.

[Darksith]

Voting has consequences.

Those voters that swayed politicians to not allow sufficient predator management caused this extirpation.


Yet, biologists do make me wonder sometimes....

"

DeGroot said the ministry has not yet decided what to do with the two remaining bulls in the Purcells. The size of the animals, he said, makes them difficult to move, and only one dominant male is needed for the breeding process.

"


So much for previous concerns of genetic variability.

I would say more like the liberals looking to cut cut cut, which removed budgets to properly manage wildlife. This opened the door to bad science practices used by anti's to sway public opinion because they couldn't be disputed due to no management happening at all...private over public funding is not always the best way...

[sawmill]

I think some critters have an expiry date.Used to be nothing but Mountain cariboo up around Hazelton at the turn of the century, then they just faded away. Moose started moving in big time but down low. I left there in 1999 and white tail were just starting to show up and mulies were decreasing. Now they have elk there for crisake. And moose are declining. Weird, some things you just can`t save.

[northof49]

Its a secret, you have to keep guessing till the "smart" insiders decide its time to give you the reality.....good lord the internet has some real odd ducks.

Yup....just ignore and don’t play the game. LBM has nothing of any value to add.....just trying to stir the pot as usual.

[LBM]

Habitat loss?

Yes according to initial studys

[dana]

Yes according to initial studys

I supose if you call wildfire habitat loss.