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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Study ES on Native American Lands in Arizona: Mexican Gray Wolves and the Western Apache

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Title	An Interdisciplinary Approach to Study ES on Native American Lands in Arizona: Mexican Gray Wolves and the Western Apache
Contact	mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Producer	USFWS/NCTC
Description	OSA Webinar Series - Presented by Sarah E. Rinkevich, Ph.D., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Southwest Region. February 21, 2013. One of the most polarizing endeavors in the field of conservation biology is the restoration and management of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in North America. With the recovery of the Rocky Mountain and Great Lakes populations of gray wolves, attention is now on the struggling Mexican gray wolf (C. l. baileyi) recovery program. The Mexican gray wolf was on the brink of extinction by the time it was protected by the Endangered Species Act in 1976 when the gray wolf subspecies survived only in captivity. Other possible subspecies of gray wolves that existed in Arizona historically are now extinct. The Mexican Wolf Recovery Program has been divisive since its beginning in 1998 because of continued conflicts with cattle ranching and basic distrust of government programs by ranchers and Native American Tribes. My project combined non-invasive sampling techniques, state of the art conservation genetics, and ethnography in order to answer key questions about Mexican gray wolves on tribal lands. I used scat detection dogs to find wolf scat on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation during 2008 and 2009. I estimated the population of wolves on the reservation as well as assessed diet. I strayed from the dichotomous approach to resource management that considers natural resources and Native American culture independent of each other by investigating the cultural significance of the wolf in Apache traditional and contemporary society. I interviewed Apache elders and practitioners for a comprehensive assessment of how the wolf was viewed on the landscape prior to the reservation and how the Apache people relate to the current reintroduced wolf population. Lastly, I discuss how Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) contributes to the field of conservation biology by providing a discussion of the scientific merits of TEK, publications, and current uses.
FWS Resource Links	http://www.fws.gov/science/webinarseries.html
Subject	videography webinar native americans Endangered and/or threatened
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributors	USFWS/NCTC
Date Published	2013-03-22
Type	webinar video
Format	H264
Item ID	2244181795001
Source	NCTC Video Library
Language	English
Rights	Public Domain
Audience	General
Original Format	Digital
Length	01:16:29
Original Filename	http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/e1/uds/pd/821753390001/821753390001_2245024335001_OSA-2-21-2013.mp4
Collection	Webinars; OSA Webinar Series
Presenter	Sarah E. Rinkevich, Ph.D., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Southwest Region
Download File Link (right click link; save target as)	http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/e1/uds/pd/821753390001/821753390001_2245024335001_OSA-2-21-2013.mp4
Video Player Link	http://bcove.me/9gdjyt6u
Archival file	Volume16/1.url
Date created	2013-04-03
Date modified	2015-05-01