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Keeping Wolves Away with Interns and In-herding
Kate Rasmussen
Kate Rasmussen
Abstract
When the Alderspring Ranch began summering cow-calf pairs in their BLM and Forest Service leases outside of May, Idaho, they needed to figure out how to manage the impact of their cattle on the landscape and keep wolves from taking a toll on their bottom line. Melanie Elzinga and her father Glenn, founder of Alderspring, hauled horses and riders to their 48,000-acre public range every day hoping the human presence would be enough to keep the wolves away. Their effort helped with their wolf issue but the time and resources it took didn’t pencil out. In 2015, Glenn launched a new approach to the challenges they faced on the remote allotment by starting a range riding program.
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2021
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Research Projects
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Whitney MacMillan Private Lands Stewardship Program, wolves, range riding, in-herding, cattle ranching