Time to go off to the east coast again to do a wildlife census for a couple of weeks. We will be looking mostly for moose, hare, capercaillie and roe deer.

On Saturday the 25 of February Naturskyddsföreningen Värmland hosted the carnivore symposium Rovdjurssymposium – Framtiden. Around 100 people attended the symposium which offered several interesting talks as well as a dialogue between four organizations with sometimes conflicting interests in carnivore politics.

In the picture Camilla Wikenros from Grimsö forskningsstation holds a talk about how wolves affect the ecosystem.

Sveriges Radio, Värmlands folkblad and Nya Wermlands-Tidningen covered the symposium and you can read more in the links below.

http://www.vf.se/nyheter/karlstad/vargdebattanter-narmar-sig-varandra

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=99&artikel=4984401

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=93&artikel=4986958

http://www.nwt.se/varmland/article1062849.ece

Agneta Setterwall leads a dialogue between Roger Olsson from Svenska Rovdjursföreningen, Sven Erik Hammar from Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund, Mikael Karlsson from Naturskyddsföreningen and Hans-Bertil Granewald from Jägarnas Riksförbund.