Montana Wolves: A Literary and Conceptual Exploration of Space and the Wild (Canceled and replaced by Greer Howard, see description under Poster Session 1, poster 26)

My presentation will center on the writing of my thesis, which is an exploration and discussion of the role of literature and nonfiction writing on wolf eradication and recovery. I will focus specifically on how this history... [ view full abstract ]

My presentation will center on the writing of my thesis, which is an exploration and discussion of the role of literature and nonfiction writing on wolf eradication and recovery. I will focus specifically on how this history has played out in Montana: integrating a personal narrative that illustrates the incongruous experience of being heavily influenced by a few key figures in wolf recovery while simultaneously being surrounded by a community where the presence of wolves is still highly contested. Finally, I hope to expand on what an understanding of wolf history and management means for conservation in general, and ultimately close with a reconciliation of what I once thought where unbridgeable gaps in perceptions of nature and the wild.