Doug Bostrom<p>~8M humans in Washington state, 230 grey wolves.</p><p>We continue to debate "are there too many wolves?" </p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScienceDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceDenial</span></a> kicks in, of course. </p><p>"You have to remember this is the minimum and there are really good odds there are more wolves out there than they are counting. At the end of the day, we are way beyond what their quote-unquote management level was and they should be down-listed."</p><p>There are much better odds that this rancher is ignorant of how to count <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/wolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wolves</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/gray-wolf-numbers-dip-in-wa-as-downlisting-debate-continues/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">seattletimes.com/seattle-news/</span><span class="invisible">environment/gray-wolf-numbers-dip-in-wa-as-downlisting-debate-continues/</span></a></p>