Conservation Target : Human/Wildlife Conflicts Management Goal: To ensure safe and positive transactions between all humans and wildlife. Biological Conditions Contributed Service Conservation Strategies Nuisance threats, public safety issue Public Service & Safety, Economic Management History and Adaptive Process: Since establishment, our office has responded to landowner requests and calls regarding nuisance wildlife, injured wildlife, and public safety. Depending on the nature of the call, we work with our Tribal partners, such as NRE, and external partners to ensure public and wildlife safety. In 2016, one of our main focuses was mitigating human/wildlife conflicts due to an increase in these instances. Our office differs from Natural Resources Enforcement (NRE) because we focus on conflicts dealing with protected species (out of season, federal status or tribal code regulated).
MANAGEMENT ACTIONS
Current Methodology for Conservation Strategies Management: Provide fencing materials and labor as needed for elk nuisance issues. Contact and help provide contacts to landowners for calls and requests outside our scope of work and budget. Work closely with NRE to provide efficient and reliable services to the public regarding human/wildlife conflicts. Respond to human/wildlife conflict calls as needed. Results and Discussion for Information Transfer and Processing Ecological: Responded to calls for the following species – birds, bats, raccoons, bears, coyotes, wasps, bobcats, beavers, hogs, moles, elk, snakes, squirrels, and amphibians. Management: Maintained fences and provided additional fencing materials as needed for elders as budget allowed. Served as liaisons between landowners/Tribal entities and external partners when wildlife/conflict was out of our scope of work. Performed hazing to prevent human/wildlife conflicts. Trapping and removal of certain wildlife species when necessary. We worked closely with dispatch to characterize our role for conflict calls- protected species and non-emergency situations. Social & Cultural: Educated the public on the importance of minimizing human/wildlife conflict. Educated the public on how to minimize human/wildlife conflict. Perform trapping and removal of certain wildlife when warranted. Direct landowners/Tribal entities to external partners as needed.
Adaptive Decision for 2023
Management or Methodological Changes: Create “Standard Operating Protocol” for human-wildlife conflicts and related calls to streamline process and prioritize projects.
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