{"id":1201,"date":"2014-08-22T18:51:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:53:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:53:41","slug":"wolf-reintroduction-ecological-management-and-the-substitution-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/2014\/08\/22\/wolf-reintroduction-ecological-management-and-the-substitution-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolf reintroduction: Ecological Management and the Substitution Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencepolicy.colorado.edu\/admin\/publication_files\/2014.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1202\" src=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2014\/08\/wolf.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0640\" width=\"660\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2014\/08\/wolf.jpg 660w, https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2014\/08\/wolf-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>Ecological Restoration Journal<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>By Adam Perou Hermans, Alexander Lee, Lydia Dixon, and Benjamin Hale on September 1, 2014. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Abstract: Elk overgrazing in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), understood largely to be a consequence of wolf extirpation, poses not only a practical problem, but also several conceptual hurdles for park managers. The current RMNP ecosystem management plan addresses overgrazing by culling elk and fencing off riparian environments. This \u201cfunctionalist\u201d view effectively substitutes the role of wolves in the ecosystem with human intervention, and implicitly conflates the role or function of wolves with wolves themselves. In this paper, we argue that such substitution logic presents a conceptual problem for restoration. Seeking a resolution for this \u201csubstitution problem,\u201d we distinguish between \u201creparative restoration\u201d and \u201creplacement restoration.\u201d Where reparative restoration seeks to repair damage, replacement restoration seeks<br \/>\nmore aptly to replace the function of one ecological component with another. We suggest that in many cases reparative restoration is preferable to replacement restoration, and when characterized as such, may serve to better justify wolf reintroduction. <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencepolicy.colorado.edu\/admin\/publication_files\/2014.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>photo by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blakemore\/4779292724\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Carl Blakemore<\/a>, Creative Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecological Restoration Journal By Adam Perou Hermans, Alexander Lee, Lydia Dixon, and Benjamin Hale on September 1, 2014. Abstract: Elk overgrazing in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), understood largely to be a consequence of wolf extirpation, poses not only a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/2014\/08\/22\/wolf-reintroduction-ecological-management-and-the-substitution-problem\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2014\/08\/wolf.jpg","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-07 06:12:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1204,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions\/1204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}