In the letter signed by Martin Jonsson, head of the field unit, it appears that what remains in the wolverine inventory will not be carried out. This is because the need for follow-up checks is greater than the funds available for these. What remains are bare ground checks, which will therefore not take place now.
Earlier this year, the County Administrative Board announced that there could be challenging conditions for the predator inventory due to a lack of funds and that the funds available for the operation must be used sparingly this year.
Reindeer keeper: “The grant may decrease”
According to Stig Allas, predator manager in Talma Sami village, it is an extremely serious situation that the bare ground checks should not be carried out.
– Many of the Sami villages get their results confirmed via the last bare ground check, where you can confirm hair and other things that show it is a wolf den. Confirmed wolverine regenerations are the basis for the allocation for next year, and if confirmed regenerations decrease, the allocation will also decrease the following year, says Stig Allas.
Even Jan Rannerud, chairman of the Sami Parliament’s reindeer husbandry committee, sees problems with follow-up checks not being carried out.
– The problem could be that if the county administrative board chooses to pursue a case like this, the Sámi village could lose compensation, that is the big danger in this. The County Administrative Board must have the resources to be able to carry out bare ground inspections, and so they must consider that if you cannot carry out an inspection because there is a lack of funds, that is not a reason to reject a rejuvenation, says Jan Rannerud.