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The major flaw with the Wolf Reintroduction Program in the US is that they forgot to reintroduce the wolves' primary food source-Bison. I'm no expert but from what I have read, the wolf populations have gone completely askew from their projected models. They have already moved as far south as central Colorado as of a year or two ago. These wolf populations will annihilate the elk, deer and sheep populations.
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No one forgot. The reintroduction of large numbers of bison is opposed by ranchers who receive a form of welfare by grazing their cows on public land at reduced rates. The buffalo herd in the Henry Mountains of Utah where I killed mine was limited to 200 animals even though it was all BLM land and that was in 1980. The once in a life time permit drawing was a means of culling the excess animals. The same thing occurs in Wyoming.
Having been in the restoration business most of my life, I can tell you that there is no road map for restoring a river, lake or animal population that has been destroyed. You do the best you know how to do and often you make mistakes.