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在重新引入和保护野生动物的努力中，地理空间技术的使用激增。无线电和GPS项圈正被用于跟踪野生动物，希望消除滋扰动物将缓解野生动物和土地使用者之间的冲突，并提高对濒危物种的容忍度。然而，随着这些新技术的采用、调整和通过我们的土地管理机构和普通公众学习，问题仍然存在。值得注意的是，圈养繁殖的墨西哥狼(Canis Lpus Baileyi)已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圈养、跟踪和测绘技术，尚未实现102只狼和18对野生繁殖的目标，关键参与者也没有达成共识。非法射杀和清除讨厌的狼可能是导致种群增长停滞的原因之一。本研究考察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蓝岭狼恢复区的土地利用？3.不同公众如何构建空间化的知识，特别是代表墨西哥狼的政策议程？地理信息系统分析将与影响狼群管理和创造空间知识的过程的定性研究相结合。定性研究将包括访谈、与墨西哥狼野外团队的参与者观察以及对档案文件的内容分析。地理信息系统分析将把研究参与者绘制的概念地图与狼的位置数据进行比较，以生成一张地图，显示减少人与狼冲突的优先领域。这项研究将促进人们对地理空间技术在保护中的作用的理解。结果将为成功保护墨西哥狼和减少人与狼之间的冲突的政策提供信息，为分析墨西哥狼的分布提供技术资源，并为将社区观点纳入墨西哥狼管理提供途径。

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.