USU Researchers Discuss Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Utah State University wildlife biologist Michael Conover says increasing development in Utah’s wilderness areas is “a double-edged sword.”
“We’re really blessed to live in such a unique place, where large, densely populated cities sit right next to wilderness areas that are abundant with wildlife,” he said in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune. “But having an abundance of wildlife also means wildlife conflicts.”
Conover and colleagues Michael Wolfe, John Shivik and Fred Knowlton, all researchers in the College of Natural Resources’ Department of Wildland Resources, are featured in The Salt Lake Tribune’s recent front page, two-part series, Urban Jungle. The series, which appeared Oct. 22-23, discusses the conflicts that arise when development meets nature and the worlds of humans and wild animals overlap.
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Michael Conover, 435-797-2436, conover@cc.usu.edu
Michael Wolfe, 435-797-2533, http://mlwolfe@cc.usu.edu
Fred Knowlton, 435-797-2508, http://fred.knowlton@usu.edu
John Shivik, 435-797-1348, http://jshivik@cc.usu.edu
USU researchers explore the conflicts that arise when the neighboring worlds of wildlife and humans merge. Photo by Barrie Gilbert, emeritus assistant professor and senior scientist, USU Dept. of Wildland Resources.
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