Wolves Introduced To Park To Revitalize Ecosystem (Beautifully-Amazing)

[kpete]

Wolves Introduced To Park To Revitalize Ecosystem
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

In 1995, naturalists re-introduced wolves into Yellowstone National Park in 1995. These wolves were on their own initially but that soon spiraled into something much more amazing

http://sfglobe.com/?id=14064&src=share_fb_new_14064
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2014/09/ruling-places-wyoming-wolves-back-under-federal-control/

[DreamGypsy]

1. One minor correction...many of the "deer" shown in the video ...

...were actually elk.

Yellowstone provides summer range for an estimated 10,000–20,000 elk (Cervus elaphus) from 6–7 herds, most of which winter at lower elevations outside the park. These herds provide visitor enjoyment as well as revenue to local economies through hunting outside the park. As Yellowstone's most abundant ungulate, elk comprise approximately 90 percent of winter wolf kills and are an important food for bears, mountain lions, and at least 12 scavenger species, including bald eagles and coyotes. Competition with elk can influence the diet, habitat selection, and demography of bighorn sheep, bison, moose, mule deer, and pronghorn. Elk browsing and nitrogen deposition can affect vegetative production, soil fertility, and plant diversity. Thus, changes in elk abundance over space and time can alter plant and animal communities in Yellowstone.

The park has mule deer and white tails as well. It is an amazing ecosystem.

Thanks for the post, kpete.

[2naSalit]

3. It's what

Europeans call elk. They are members of the deer family and folks from that part of the planet call them deer. they Native Americans call them something else too.

[Sedona]

2. One of my favorite places

I've been lucky enough to visit twice and will again someday.

Correcting the correction. Elk are deer. I learned this at Yellowstone.

Ek or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is one of the largest species of the Cervidae or deer family in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk

Here's a photo I took of my youngest daughter and her bestie in with some elk on the non eroded banks of the Gibbon River in 2007.

[2naSalit]

4. I live

right in the middle of this and have been involved with wolf issues for nearly two decades now. This is a well produced vid and I am glad you posted this. I give presentations on wolves several times a week and provide much of the same info plus a little more.

The primary study of the effects of wolves' presence relative to the stream-side vegetation has been conducted by a team from OSU (Ripple, Bechta et al) for nearly two decades and much of the info imparted in the vid are findings within that long term project. Good news indeed.

[rwsanders]

8. Thanks for your efforts. The wolf issue is a real hot button for me. Defenders of Wildlife is now

promoting a new "Wildlife Safe" label for meats.
I'd love to travel to the area, but would only want to support wolf friendly businesses, any suggestions?

[2naSalit]

9. That would be a tough request

to fill. Many of the businesses who are in favor of wolf hunting are the usual suspects like Cabela's and Farm & Fleet, and many of the gun/hunting shops in the nearby cities. Here, right next to the park, there are few businesses and most that I am aware of aren't owned or run by ranching folks and wouldn't confirm one way or the other as to what they feel about wolves, only a few will say anything at all. I don't know any business owners who are against wolves in the park, especially, because they are well aware of the financial benefit they enjoy from wolf watchers who are now visiting YNP/GTNP. It's the tail end of the season and most visitors openly claim that they are here to see wolves. Most of the park visitors don't understand why the wolves are hunted. When I explain it to them, they are saddened at the state of ignorance in the nation as a whole.

[OnlinePoker]

5. Judge restores protections to wolves in Wyoming

Overruling U.S. wildlife officials, a federal judge Tuesday restored protections for gray wolves in Wyoming but left intact a determination that the species has recovered and is not endangered or threatened "in a significant portion" of its northern Rocky Mountains range.

Relying on Wyoming data, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service declared that the gray wolf had recovered from near extinction by humans and removed it from the list of threatened or endangered species in late August 2012. The move, which the agency called "a major success story," transferred control from federal to state officials a month later.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/23/judge-restores-wolf-protections-wyoming/16120133/

[LiberalLovinLug]

6. K & R

Fricken awesome thanks!

[AtomicKitten]

7. beautiful amazing creatures

knr and thank you

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

10. Great example of what can be acheived when intelligent...

... environmental land management takes precedence over money driven land exploitation.