Wolverines tend to be solitary and do not migrate, they stick close to their den.
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Wolverines tend to be solitary and do not migrate, they stick close to their den.
yeah lets bring in meth raged giant honey badgers.
They will challenge grizzly and polar bears.
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I don't care who jared shultz mandates, but his husband might
They are roaming scavengers.Originally Posted by Clint45
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Reso...mals/Wolverine
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/5123
The wolverine ranges widely, up to 15 miles a day, and needs lots of habitat. Home ranges can vary from 100 to 600 square miles. In the lower 48, they live primarily at high altitudes with alpine vegetation, but can venture to lower elevations. It is estimated that 25 to 300 live in the lower 48 states.
Movement / Home Range
Wolverines have large spatial requirements; the availability and distribution of food is likely the primary factor in determining wolverine movements and home range (Hornocker and Hash 1981; Banci 1994). Wolverines can travel long distances over rough terrain and deep snow, with adult males generally covering greater distances than females (Hornocker and Hash 1981; Banci 1994). Home ranges of wolverines are generally extremely large, but vary greatly depending on availability of food, gender, age, and differences in habitat. Home ranges of adult wolverines range from less than 100 square kilometers (km2) to over 900 km2 (38.5 square miles (mi2) to 348 mi2) (Banci 1994). Home range sizes are large relative to the body size of wolverines, and may indicate that wolverines occupy a relatively unproductive niche in which they must forage over large areas to consume the amount of calories needed to meet their life-history requirements (Inman et al. 2007a, p. 11).
While I have long opposed the wolf reintroduction efforts in CO, I think that wolverine reintroduction is appropriate and beneficial. They are a legacy species once native to CO, and they'll have little impact on deer and elk populations. Wolverines will prey upon alpine and sub alpine species, small birds, ptarmigan, marmot, pikas and hares, all of which are declining above timberline due to climate change. So, it's not all positives. The pressure on timberline species is exacerbated in RMNP due to prohibition against hunting elk in the park where the beasts trample and consume the habitat. Okay, I'll avoid going further into the weed after stating the NPS has presided over an ongoing 70 year ecological catastrophe since they took control of RMNP region.
Go wolverines! If only our esteemed Gov would be eaten by one when doing the photo op.
Fight Insanity With Insanity
Just tase it with a drone bro
Per Ardua ad Astra
We already have a hockey team
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to Fight, he'll just kill you.
Now it finally makes sense. It is for the new campers...
https://www.cpr.org/show-episode/fir...s-in-colorado/
Per Ardua ad Astra
Oh FFS: According to the article-gathering in nature is not only rejuvenating, it is validating...but only for select groups of people.
Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!
Please continue, would appreciate learning more. This gets at the whole Yellowstone/wolf/aspen discussion but at a higher altitude.
Wolverines are native to Colorado and should be brought back. Would have preferred natural wolf migration that was already happening versus the forced disruption that threw a monkey wrench into everything.
Mountain goats and moose are non-native and just brought in for hunting and screwed up a lot of habitats. Too late but they are the real invasives of the megafauna.
Male wolverines in Montana have a home range of somewhere around 160 sq miles while male wolverines in Alaska have a home range of around 200-260 sq miles. They are known to travel up to 15 miles a day.
The problem with wolverines in Colorado is that they generally require high alpine habitat with persistent snow fields and don't do well in temps above 70 degrees. The reason why you don't see them in Colorado is because the habitat they need is limited. Historically there were never really that many of them here in the first place. If they are re-introduced you can say goodbye to hiking and camping on many 14ers.
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