The Debate over El Lobo

Can Historians Make a Difference

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11664660
AutoresMarsha Weisiger (New Mexico State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen26
Número1
Páginas123-144
Fecha de publicación2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Public Historian (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-3433 • E-ISSN: 1533-8576
EditorialUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/tph.2004.26.1.123
OpenAlexW2033416959
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas4

In February 2003, historians, wolf-experts, ranchers, environmental activists, and some two hundred members of the general public gathered in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to discuss the past, present, and future of the Mexican gray wolf. “Leopold Forum: El Lobo” explored the history of wolf extirpation in the early twentieth century and the recent contested effort to reintroduce wolves into the Southwest, under the Endangered Species Act. The program included keynote addresses by a historian, a wolf biologist, and a ranching spokesperson; a series of panel presentations; a dinner featuring an environmental activist as speaker; and a roundtable discussion. A private breakfast-discussion among the stakeholders, facilitated by a professional conflict negotiator, followed the conference. The article narrates the history of wolf extirpation and reintroduction, and describes the logistics of organizing the conference and its outcome

Economic history · Endangered species · Environmental ethics · Environmental history · Ethnology · Negotiation · Political science · Sociology · Archaeology and Natural History · Demography · History · Law · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation