CSU to host wildlife conference

Posted by egable on September 29th, 2008 filed in Wildlife

About 350 scientists are expected to gather in Estes Park this week to address the threats posed to wildlife by a variety of human activities including urbanization, population growth and climate change.

Colorado State University’s Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources is hosting the conference, “Pathways to Success: Integrating Human Dimensions into Fisheries and Wildlife Management,” which begins Sept. 29 and continues through Oct. 2 at YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park. Issues that will be discussed include the decline of recreational hunting participation, management of wildlife around national parks and management of black bears around urban areas. On a global scale, discussions will be held on issues including human-wildlife conflict on the agricultural lands of Africa, human-elephant conflict in India, development of hunting programs for the tropics, wildlife ecotourism in Thailand and human-jaguar conflict in Brazil. A complete listing of presentations is available here.

The conference is sponsored by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the Wildlife Society, National Wildlife Federation, University of Montana and Cornell University.