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The Bailey Wildlife Foundation Proactive Carnivore Conservation Fund
Defenders created The Bailey Wildlife Foundation Proactive Carnivore Conservation Fund to prevent conflict between imperiled predators and humans by supporting the use of preventative measures, including nonlethal deterrents and best management practices.
Livestock and Wolves
Our new guide highlights proactive
nonlethal tools and methods to reduce conflicts between wolves and livestock.
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The program works directly with landowners and communities to:
- reduce conflicts between predators and humans;
- keep predators from being unnecessarily killed by agencies in response to human conflicts; and
- increase general tolerance for carnivores across the landscape.
Projects may be proposed by landowners or other entities to address predator problems. Proposed projects are prioritized based on the level of human-carnivore conflict in an area and the likelihood that the proposed solution will resolve the problem.
Projects
236 projects have been supported by the fund from 1998-2008 with expenditures totaling more than $821,793.
Detailed Project List
Map of Northern Rockies Proactive Wolf Projects
Map of Northern Rockies Proactive Grizzly Bear Projects
Background
Defenders created the Proactive Carnivore Conservation Fund to prevent conflict between imperiled predators and humans before it occurs.
The program is a
natural outgrowth of our wolf and grizzly bear compensation programs, which
offer payments to livestock owners for livestock losses caused by wolves or
grizzly bears.
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Defenders in the Field
Defenders of Wildlife
is actively involved with land and livestock owners, rural communities and
recreationists to help implement nonlethal proactive methods addressing
conflicts between carnivores and humans. These measures help to reduce conflicts
on the landscape and promote conservation of imperiled species.
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more
Publications
Contact Information
For more information about this program contact:
Gina
Schrader
Conservation Associate
Defenders of
Wildlife
1130 17th Street,
NW
Washington, DC 20036
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