Logan Forsythe
Butcher Educational Center
27500 Cosgrove
Warren, MI 48092
November 16, 2015
Isle Royale National Park
Attention: Moose-Wolf-Vegetation Management Plan
800 East Lakeshore Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931
Re: Isle Wolves Management Plan “A”
To whom it may concern:
As you may have noticed, the Isle Royale project is not going as planned and one of the big controversies is whether or not to add wolves or decrease moose population. It has also come to the public’s attention that most people lean towards adding wolves to let the project continue, and it’s supposed to be untouched so let’s just leave it that way. If humans touched the area then that goal would be diminished. I believe if the wolves should make a comeback and…show more content… This didn’t stay as “the world’s longest running predator-prey project” by people everywhere littering, spreading poisonous fumes. It stayed that way because when the scientists found this place they protected it claiming to only want to watch nature take its course, the evidence to back this up is quoted from a booklet about the study of wolves, “they wanted only to watch nature take its course.”
The next reason is that if the wolves came naturally, there is a possibility that we don’t need to touch it and they’ll slowly make a comeback. The evidence that they came naturally is in an article that says “arrived around 1950, after a cold winter allowed them to cross 15 miles of ice from the Canadian Shore” so if it happened before, the wolves just need a perfect moment where they come around when the ice bridge reforms after a very cold winter.
For the last reason, (this has happened before) a warm summer and ticks will help the wolves make a comeback. Since the moose use their antlers to attack and defend themselves which makes it harder for a meal to kill for the wolves. Ticks will lead to weaker moose which leads to easier kills for wolves which leads to a population comeback. The evidence to back that statement is found in the first article, “warmer weather has led to higher numbers of moose ticks, which led to weaker moose, which led to easier kills for wolves.” That may make some people
