Before long, Russ turns into a true wildlife advocate, which proves how a man's ideology can be transformed by tenting with a yeti.
But others, including farmers and wildlife advocates, point to conflicts between humans and the thriving deer population of more than one million.
Still, wildlife advocates said the new estimate is "frighteningly huge" and underscores the need to work fast to check the spread of white nose.
Some wildlife advocates say that humans should never feed wild animals, including sharks.
She and other wildlife advocates balk at the notion that an entire field must be drilled quickly, when staged development, tract by tract, is possible.
Meanwhile, wildlife advocates fear the onset of brutal winter weather.
Many wildlife advocates oppose fencing on the basis that African national parks would be be reduced to large zoos.
The proposed railroad, an extension that would open up some of the state's harshest terrain, is opposed by wildlife advocates.
That sort of omnivorousness still frightens wildlife advocates, who view the Calaveras event as an environmental disaster waiting to happen.
The wildlife advocates said the decision was at odds with a new study by the department's own scientists.