Russ,
Excellent article! So in order to get tree seedling regeneration you
need to introduce the wolf or introduce hunting. This is a common
problem all across the country especially in the east with the abundance
of white tailed deer. I saw an experiment in Wells (Maine) National
Estuarine Sanctuary where they fenced off areas to keep deer away and
the result was half decent hardwood seedling regeneration whereas the
unfenced areas were choked with invasive and non-native Japanese
barberry. Another reason to shoot the deer!
There was talk about introducing the wolf to Maine which didn't please
the locals. I remember when they tried to re-introduce caribou to Baxter
State Park but unfortunately that noble experiment failed.
Wolves may have already introduced themselves to Maine from Canada. I
have only had a few landowners (from Bernardston and Warwick) in MA say
they saw a wolf. But I've had at least15 landowners over the years tell
me they've seen a mountain lion. Is it the supposedly extinct eastern
cougar, migrants from the west, or as most state wildlife officials like
to say "escaped pets"?
Mike
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Seattle Times recently ran an interesting article on
reintroducing wolves in Olympic NP to stem the damage to the old growth
woods by elk.
Russ
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008667916_wolves25.ht
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