Doctoral Dissertation Research: Making Space for Mexican Wolves: Technology, Knowledge, and Conservation Politics

博士论文研究：为墨西哥狼创造空间：技术，知识和保护政治摘要地理空间技术的使用在重新引入和保护野生动物的努力中已经激增。无线电和全球定位系统项圈被用来跟踪野生动物，希望消除滋扰动物将化解野生动物和土地使用者之间的冲突，并导致对濒危物种的容忍度增加。然而，随着土地管理机构和公众采用、调整和学习这些新技术，问题依然存在。值得注意的是，圈养繁殖的墨西哥狼（Canis lupus baileyi）已被重新引入亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州的阿帕奇、西特格里夫斯和吉拉国家森林。该项目涉及广泛使用项圈，跟踪和绘图技术，尚未实现在野外饲养102只狼和18对繁殖狼的目标，关键参与者之间也没有达成共识。 非法射杀和驱赶令人讨厌的狼可能是导致人口增长停滞的原因。本研究探讨了墨西哥狼重新引入项目，以回答三个主要问题：1。地理空间技术如何影响墨西哥狼的治理和墨西哥狼领地的建设？2.墨西哥狼的治理和狼领地的建设如何影响了蓝岭狼恢复区的土地使用？ 3.空间化的知识是如何由不同的公众和代表特别是墨西哥狼的政策议程？ 地理信息系统分析将与影响狼的管理和空间知识的创造的过程的定性研究相结合。 定性研究将包括访谈，参与观察墨西哥狼实地考察队，和档案文件的内容分析。 地理信息系统分析将比较研究参与者绘制的概念地图与狼的位置数据，以生成一张地图，显示减少人-狼冲突的优先领域。 这项研究将促进对地理空间技术在保护中的作用的理解。 结果将告知政策，以成功地保护墨西哥狼，减少人狼冲突，墨西哥狼分布的分析贡献技术资源，并提供一个途径，将社区的观点纳入墨西哥狼管理。

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Making Space for Mexican Wolves: Technology, Knowledge and Conservation Politics AbstractThe use of geospatial technologies has proliferated in efforts to reintroduce and conserve wildlife. Radio and GPS collars are being used to track wildlife, in the hopes that removing nuisance animals will defuse conflicts between wildlife and land users and lead to increased tolerance for endangered species. Problems persist, nevertheless, as these new technologies are adopted, and adapted, and learned through out land management agencies and the general public. Notably, captive-bred Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) have been reintroduced to the Apache, Sitgreaves and Gila National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico. The project, which involves extensive use of collaring, tracking, and mapping technologies, has not met its goal of 102 wolves and 18 breeding pairs in the wild, nor has consensus been achieved among key actors. Illegal shootings and removals of nuisance wolves have likely contributed to stagnated population growth. This research examines the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Project to answer three primary questions: 1. How has geospatial technology influenced the governance of Mexican wolves and the construction of a Mexican wolf territory? 2. How has the governance of Mexican wolves and the construction of a wolf territory impacted land use in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area? 3. How is spatialized knowledge constructed by diverse publics and represented in particular Mexican wolf policy agendas? GIS analysis will be combined with a qualitative study of the processes influencing the management of wolves and the creation of spatial knowledge. The qualitative study will consist of interviews, participant observation with the Mexican wolf field team, and content analysis of archival documents. The GIS analysis will compare conceptual maps drawn by research participants with wolf location data to produce a map that shows priority areas for reducing people-wolf conflicts. The research will advance understandings of the role of geospatial technologies in conservation. Results will inform policies to successfully conserve Mexican wolves and reduce people-wolf conflicts, contribute technical resources to the analysis of Mexican wolf distribution and provide an avenue for the incorporation of community perspectives in Mexican wolf management.