Can Ranchers and Wolves Co-Exist?
A Symposium Hosted by the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association and Eastern Oregon University Range Club
The wolf population is expanding in Northeast Oregon as evidenced by increased wolf sightings and conflicts. At the upcoming wolf symposium, “Can Ranchers and Wolves Co-Exist?,” industry experts from Idaho and Minnesota will address wolf interactions with livestock as well as the overall social, environmental and economic impacts the presence of wolves have on Oregonians.
The symposium is open to the public, with no admission charge, and will be held in La Grande at Eastern Oregon University’s Badgley Hall in the first floor auditorium from 1- 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 22, 2010. This symposium is especially timely for citizens and livestock producers who want to be better informed about wolf issues when the Wolf Conservation and Management Plan is opened for its first 5 year review this year. It will also be informative for veterinarians and others interested in diseases found to be carried and transmitted by over 60% of the wolves in Idaho.
“We are excited to get everyone in the same room to address these challenges with key environmental and wildlife experts seated at the table,” said Bill Hoyt, President of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. “This is an incredible opportunity to have a discussion that could lead to a well-balanced solution.”
The keynote speaker, Jim Beers, former chief of national wildlife refuge operations for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, now writes extensively and speaks to various organizations throughout the country about the federal wolf program and the cumulative impact of wolves on rural American life. Beers has written two dozen articles on wolf history and wolf management and has spoken to more than 2,000 attendees at public meetings from Arizona and New Mexico to Montana and Oregon.
Also on the agenda is Casey Anderson, who was born in Pendleton, grew up on a ranch and is currently managing the OX Ranch in Idaho. He will address wolf interactions with livestock, depredation, compensation and cattle behavior as well as the recent Idaho/Oregon Wolf Research Study made possible with funding by the Oregon Beef Council. With more than 20 years of ranch management experience, Anderson has been recognized by the Natural Resource Conservation Service with the “Excellence of Range Management Award” and received special recognition from the Society of Range Management.
For more information, visit the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association website at www.orcattle.com
by YPmule
Wolf introduction is a criminal enterprise based on scientific fraud
SUNDAY MAY 16TH in BOZEMAN, MONTANA
1:00 PM AT THE GRAN TREE INN
YOU ARE INVITED BY FRIENDS OF THE NORTHERN YELLOWSTONE ELK HERD TO HEAR AN INFORMATIONAL 2 HOUR PRESENTATION TO PROVE:
That US Fish & Wildlife Service and State Fish & Game Agencies broke the law in the implementation and administration of forced wolf introduction
Presented by Jim Beers - Retired US Fish & Wildlife Service Biologist turned whistle blower and Congressional investigator
1:00 - 3:00 Presentation
3:00 - 4:00 Questions & Answers
4:00 - 5:00 Cash Bar Reception
Purpose: to unify those that have been harmed and to fund a lawsuit.
Call for questions (406) 333-4121 or (406) 580-9074
Room specials available at The Gran Tree Inn. Ask for The Wolf Management Seminar Special - Interstate 90 to 7th Avenue exit. (406) 587-5261
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