Management Report 6, Status of the European Wild Boar Project, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Singer FJ. 1976. Management Report 6, Status of the European Wild Boar Project, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. National Park Service. Gatlinburg, TN
The purpose of this study plan is to evaluate past research pertaining to the European wild boar and to incorporate that with management objectives of Great Smoky Mountains National Park into a comprehensive, problem-solving research program. Broad objectives of the research are: 1)to establish basic biological parameters of the boar population in the park; 2)to determine the detrimental effects of boar on the ecosystem of the park and, 3) to develop and implement and effective means of controlling or eliminating the wild boar population.