In today’s society it’s no surprise factual information is being ignored to push an agenda. The North American model of wildlife conservation is under attack by special interest groups funded largely by out-of-state revenue.
Montana has been utilizing a patch occupancy model to estimate it’s wolf population since 2016. Prior to patch occupancy, populations were estimated through numerous techniques, all of which were labor intensive and arguably less accurate. This change happened under a different governor and a different fish and wildlife committee. All of a sudden, these preservation groups are saying it’s an inaccurate model and that we should “follow the science”. They blame our current governor and his committee for utilizing population data through this method to avoid federal re-listing of the grey wolf in Montana. Prior to this year they had no issues with this method.
