Large Carnivore Conservation: Integrating Science And Policy In The North American West

Preface - ix Acknowledgments - xiii 1. Large Carnivores, People, And Governance - Susan G. Clark, Murray B. Rutherford, and David J. Mattson - 1 Appendix. Criteria for Evaluating Decision Processes - 20 2. State-Level Management Of A Common Charismatic Predator: Mountain Lions In The West - David J. Matson - 29 Appendix. Decision Activities, Standards, and Effectiveness in Mountain Lion Conservation in the West - 53 3. Wolves In Wyoming: The Quest For Common Ground - Rebecca Watters, Avery C. Anderson, and Susan G. Clark - 65 Appendix 3.1. Decision Activities, Standards, and Effectiveness in Wolf Management in Two Wyoming Communities - 93 Appendix 3.2. Tests of the Common Interest - 101 4. Science-Based Grizzly Bear Conservation In A Co-Management Environment: The Kluane Region Case, Yukon - Douglas Clark, Linaya Workman, and D. Scott Slocombe - 108 Appendix 4.1. The Grizzly Bear Management Dialect in the Southwest Yukon - 130 Appendix 4.2. Problems with the Decision Process for the Kluane Grizzly Bear Case and Recommended Improvements - 132 5. Wolf Management On Ranchlands In Southwestern Alberta: Collaborating To Address Conflict - William M. Pym, Murray B. Rutherford, and Michael L. Gibeau - 140 Appendix 5.1. Tests of the Common Interest - 167 Appendix 5.2. Decision Activities, Standards, and Effectiveness in the Central Rockies Wolf Project / Southern Alberta Conservation Cooperative and the Oldman Basin Carnivore Advisory Group - 168 6. Human-Grizzly Bear Coexistence In The Blackfoot River Watershed, Montana: Getting Ahead Of The Conflict Curve - Seth M. Wilson, Gregory A. Neudecker, and James J. Jonkel - 177 Appendix 6.1. Likert-Scaled Statements Regarding Perceptions of Grizzly Bear Activity and Appropriate Landowner / Resident Behaviors in the Blackfoot Watershed, Montana - 204 Appendix 6.2. The Relative Difficulty of Important Issues for Improving Human-Grizzly Bear Coexistence - 205 Appendix 6.3. Decision Activities, Standards, and Effectiveness for Grizzly Bear Management in the Blackfoot River Watershed, Montana - 206 Appendix 6.4. A Continuum of Local Involvement in Grizzly Conservation - 212 7. Collaborative Grizzly Bear Management In Banff National Park: Learning From A Prototype - J. Daniel Oppenheimer and Lauren Richie - 215 Appendix 7.1. Overview of Grizzly Bear Management in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 241 Appendix 7.2. Decision Activities, Standards, and Effectiveness in the Grizzly Bear Dialogue Group - 243 8. Large Carnivore Conservation: A Perspective On Constitutive Decision Making And Options - Susan G. Clark, David N. Cherney, and Douglas Clark - 251 Appendix. Common Recurring Weaknesses in Constitutive Decision Making - 279 9. The North American Model Of Wildlife Conservation: An Analysis Of Challenges And Adaptive Options - Susan G. Clark and Christina Milloy - 289 Appendix. Claims, Values, and Decision Activities in the Policy Process of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation - 313 10. Complexity, Rationality, And The Conservation Of Large Carnivores - David J. Mattson and Susan G. Clark - 325 Appendix. Queries and Graphics for Synoptically Appraising Conservation Cases - 347 11. Improving Governance For People And Large Carnivores - Murray B. Rutherford and Susan G. Clark - 365 Appendix. Tests of the Common Interest - 377 Contributors - 381 Index - 383