[Sky Hiker]

I will let the summary of all your posts on a hiking website speak for it's self.

[SwitchbackFisher]

[Sky Hiker]

Well welcome to the PNW if that ever materializes. I look forward to your hiking contributions to the site. Perhaps it should interest you to find that there is a bill being proposed to relocate wolves from NE Wa to other parts of the state to share in benefits.

[SwitchbackFisher]

It certainly will materialize I am originally from WA, just returning. I will look into that bill thank you

[Sky Hiker]

Well in that case welcome back!! http://joelkretz.houserepublicans.wa.gov/2018/02/13/kretz-bill-to-relocate-wolves-clears-first-legislative-obstacle/ http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2015/feb/06/wa-bill-calls-wolf-relocation/

[Ski]

[Ski]

While talking with the lady on the phone at the Legislative Hotline about HB2771 and telling her to tell my elected representatives that YES, I'm all for this HB2771, but only with the proviso that the first wolves translocated be dropped off in Westlake Center in downtown Seattle, she started laughing and asked "Have you called and left this message before?" When I asked her why she would ask me that she said she was certain I had already called because she'd already gotten that same message from a few other people already.

[Sky Hiker]

Well Ski I am not able to come up with any benefits at this time, maybe burck17 might be able give some.

[Kascadia]

[SwitchbackFisher]

If you read through the study I posted you will see the only population wolver hurt were the elk of those listed all other increased to include forest growth... That's a benefit and I am a hunter and will be elk hunting fyi. That is the only factual benefit I can offer, I personally think restoration of a species killed out is a benefit because they naturally belong there and it was there home before ours. I understand not everyone feels that way and I respect that opinion, obviously not everyone can always be in agreement just look at our country as a whole at this point... But just to play devil's advocate to those who don't support wolves in our forest. How does eradication of an entire population play with the leave no trace principal we all are so quick to preach?

[Sky Hiker]

Who mentioned total eradication? You think that wolves haven't been here before the pilgrimage from Yellowstone?

[Ski]

[SwitchbackFisher]

Basically the south and Cascades from about Snoqualmie down... I've never heard of or seen a wolf and according to wdfw they are not there either https://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/ I know they have been in NE Washington for a long time but thats not the point, what we should stick for is to reintroduce them to as much of their historic range as possible http://graphics.latimes.com/towergraphic-la-me-wolves/

[Sky Hiker]

The benefits are so when the grizzly bears are reintroduced they have someone to play with. There will be more beavers, willows, cottonwood, bison, but at the expense of elk and deer populations. You will able to have reason to pack your firearm to protect you dog which has to be on a leash for fear of getting eaten. The price of beef and sheep meat will go up to off set their loss. That's the benefits.

[SwitchbackFisher]