Design for Wildlife Deconfliction+Deterrence

Basics

• Either with Urban Sprawl / Deforestation or alternatively with Rewilding / Wildlife Corridors etc, Conflicts between Human (and especially large/potentially dangerous) Non-Human Animals Can…and will Continue to…Occur
• Thus active planning for this is needed
• This page aims to outline such planning, as well as interlink with related (albeit more detailed or specific to a certain environment) pages

Concepts

Prevention

• 1.) Don’t do Deforestation/ Greenfield Development etc if you don’t have to
  • Easier said than done, but prevention is easier than treatment
• 2.) If doing Land Clearing and such, intentional planning of a system of Nature Preserves , Wildlife Corridors , and Wildlife Crossings will reduce incidents, akin to how well planned Sidewalks and Landscaping will result in few (if any) Opportunity Paths
• Choices such as ( Electric ) Fencing , Prefabricated Concrete Walls or other Hardscaping Barriers, or
• Related Keywords:
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Exclosure
  • Pest-Exclusion Fence
    • Pest-Exclusion Trench doesn’t seem to be a term
      • Ha-Ha / Sunken Fence / Moats / Trenches seem to be the terms in use
        • Also to a lesser extent Hedgerows / Wallrow

Deconfliction

• Make it so they have nothing they want “in there” (Be it a Backyard, or a Dumpster, or to a lesser extent a Building
  • Bear Resistant Trash Cans / Bear Resistant Dumpsters (+ a Practice of Keeping Lids on)
  • Reducing disposal of Food Waste that way (via In-Sink Food Waste Grinders , Source Separated Organics disposal via more secure means, those Food Waste Grinder-Dehydrators etc)
  • Bear Resistant Chicken Coops / Predator Protected Chicken Coops (for Wolves/Foxes/Lynxes etc)
  • Make it scary/“not worth it”
    • Stationing Beehives in the area has some evidence, as with protecting crops from Wild Elephants via the same method
      • This then also may increase pollenation+cogenerates Honey + Beeswax if desired which is a plus, compared to some other methods which may only be a cost
    • ”Scaring” Devices/Deterrents Such As:
      • Motion Activated (even if as simple as a PIR Sensor ) Sprinklers (if water isn’t scarce)
      • Speaker/Strobe Lights Systems (these can even be drone mounted as one Livestock Protection system did for wolf predation)
      • Noisemakers/Vortex Cannons (used for Airport/Landfill/Wind Farm etc Bird Deterrence)
      • Predators such as Birds of Prey for Birds, or Livestock Guardian Dogs etc, although these options may be cost prohibitive