Montana: Wolf Hunts Are Banned in Area Bordering Yellowstone

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28. I went to series of talks by ecologists / biologists / range

mangers / park people / and other professionals who gave information and data about all the
beneficial aspects to the greater Yellowstone ecosystem caused by the reintroduction of the
wolf to the area. The elk had become like large cows hanging out and eating the young aspen*
trees which I am sure you know are grown by clones off of their roots ..... once the elk learned
that "hanging out" by the creeks and rivers in the Aspen groves was not very good for their
health then the Aspens started to fill back in and these trees shaded the creeks and dropped
insects into the water which cooled and fed the native cutthroat trout which in turn fed the
grizzly bears which took the bears away from much human contact ....... and with the elk
now moving the grazing of the meadows clean of grasses and wildflowers allowed rabbits, mice,
voles, and insects to do well which in turn helped the hawks, owls, and eagles ...... the wolves
also preyed on sicker bison which helped the ranchers who were worried about brucellosis from the
bison getting their cattle sick. BTW the link between bison brucellosis and cows is ???????

I am sick to death of ranchers who graze their cattle on federal property trying to tell the rest of
the world what is best for their environment. Just like we have learned all those dams along our
rivers have very real ecological and environmental costs and many are now being removed we have
learned that nature (and man) need to have the wolf back as a functioning part of the environment.

"a good wolf is a dead wolf" meme is way outdated


* Thousand + year old stands of Aspen were dying off because of the elk's feeding.