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re adversarial - some aren't; many are

re Habitat shared by all wildlife - there is a voluminous literature on this (and I was unfortunate enuff to have to read some of it just yesterday); turns out that not all game animal habitat is good habitat for non-game animals

I'll add that scientists can say one thing as much as they want, but the policy decisions will be made by administrators. Then, various groups will sue to test whether the agency followed the law. A major reason I went to law school was b/c got tired of seeing my science trash-canned by agencies. Now, they don't have that luxury.

I expect the whole wolf controversy will diminish over time. For one thing, once they are clearly out of extinction danger they can be managed like other predators.
It is not a big deal in Europe or in Min..