Bark Ranger Gracie Reports for Duty: Use of a Specially Trained Wildlife Shepherding Dog to Manage Habituated Wildlife in Glacier National Park
Biel MJ and Biel A. 2018. Bark Ranger Gracie Reports for Duty: Use of a Specially Trained Wildlife Shepherding Dog to Manage Habituated Wildlife in Glacier National Park. Crossroads in Science: Where the Intermountain Region's Resource Stewardship and Science Programs and Centers Meet. :23-30
In July 2016, Glacier National Park became the first National Park Service unit to use an employee-owned dog to help manage habituated wildlife. Now in its second year, Glacier’s wildlife shepherding program has proven both popular and effective—though there is much still to be learned.
- Type
- Newsletter Article
- Authors
- Biel, Mark; Biel, Alice Wondrak
- Units
- GLAC
- Keywords
- bighorn sheep, mountain goats, resource management, wildlife habituation, wildlife shepherding
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Human Use | Visitor and Recreation Use | Visitor Use