The student Resource Management Society organized and hosted a successful public forum on wolf control at the UAF campus on April 12, 2003. In their introduction of the event, Joe Tatar and Justin Epting, society members, outlined some of the major issues. "Wolves are a resource, but they are also symbolic," Epting said. "To some they represent a wild landscape where top predators still roam freely, but to others they represent competition for valuable game.... We know that wolves, along with bears,can take up to eighty percent of newborn calves in some regions. We also know, however, that Alaska wouldn't retain its wild character and rugged appeal without a healthy wolf population."
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