After Years of Conflict, a New Dynamic in Wolf Country
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/science/earth/conflict-over-wolves-yields-new-dynamic-between-ranchers-and-conservationists.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2
Summary
Increasing of the population of the gray wolves caused the argument between ranchers and conservationists in the three state, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. In 1960s, the population was decreasing dramatically because of the trap or poisons to kill the gray wolves. After three decades, the federal government decided to reintroduce 66 numbers of the gray wolves in Idaho and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming because of fixing the ecosystem amid the wild life. The intention of the government was to increase the number of the gray wolves to around 150, and 15 breeding pairs in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. But the consequence was stunning. Only in 7 years, the number swelled up and exceeded surprisingly. Ranchers had suffered from such numerous predators because the livestock threatened by them. They had tried to prevent the forage from the increased gray wolves but the hunting period was very limited.
Conservationists disagreed with the reducing of the number of the gray wolves. Only a few of them began to reach out to ranchers to forge the compromise between ranchers and conservationists, but most of ranchers were frightened the resistance from most of conservationists. The conflict between ranchers and conservationists continued until the middle of 1990s. Somehow or other, lawmakers from some Western states required the government to remove the gray wolves from the endangered animals list. In this summer, the government permitted to hunt them. But some conservationists accused the government because of the lack of adequate management plan in Wyoming. The federal court accepted their accusing. The decision was raged ranchers because their livestock was exposed the risk of becoming the prey of the gray wolves.
Now, ranchers and conservationists try to decide a compromise, but the process is not supposed to be easy. Fortunately ranchers are allowed to control the number of the gray wolves from the government in the mid of 1990, but the execution makes ranchers nervous because of the cost. The government supports less money, but imposes them to restrict the way of hunting strictly. A rancher becomes a mediator between other ranchers and conservationists, but he suffers from the own position. Other ranchers do not support him well, and complain about his procedure. He pays money to save their livestock such as calves from the attack of the gray wolves, but others do not. He says that if they are willing to save their own livestock from the gray wolves, they should do the same as him.
(I could not summarize well because the time order was so complicated in the article. Anyway, the photograph on the top page is very beautiful isn't it?)
*Vocabularies
1)conservationist
Parts of speech
Noun
Definition
a person who is eager for saving wild life.
Synonym
an environmental activist
My own sentence
Sometimes conservationists considers only their sacred position.
2)rancher
Parts of speech
Noun
Definition
An owner who run the own ranch
Synonym
farmer
My own sentence
The rancher forced to quit the farm because of the bankrupt.
3)numerous
Part of speech
Adjective
Definition
A large number of
Synonym
plentiful
My own sentence
The numerous held of sheep disappeared suddenly.
4)mediator
Parts of speech
Noun
Definition
A person who has to handle some problems to be better amid a bad relationship
Synonym
advocate
My own sentence
I do not want to be a mediator between a couple's trouble.
5)livestock
Parts of speech
Noun
Definition
animals which are fed by ranchers for selling the animals' milk, fur or meat
Synonym
cattle, calves, herd
My own sentence
The word "livestock" is one of the uncountable nouns.
6)reach out
Parts of speech
Verve(Idiom)
Definition
To give or exchange information or ideas
Synonym
advise
My own sentence
He reached out his ideas to perform a good presentation.
7)forge
Parts of speech
Verb
Definition
to form or make something by concentrated effort
Synonym
invent
My own sentence
I tried to forge a good relationship with her.
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