Need to relocate some wolves
With a moose population around 1,200, we need to relocate some wolves to Isle Royale National Park. As the article mentions, too many herbivores without a top predator is not sustainable. Climate change has reduced the number and frequency of ice bridges. That limits the introduction of new wolves to the gene pool. So inbreeding has limited the ability of wolves to maintain their population on the island. #ThanksClimateChange
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You can read more about the wolf repopulation program at Yellowstone National Park here:
http://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolfrest.htm
#ScienceEveryday
http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-3-wolves-remain-isle-royale-national-park-230703927.html
April 18, 2015
Were wolves introduced into Yellowstone Park, Chad Haney ? I’m wondering what became of them..they were very unpopular with local farmers I think.
April 18, 2015
Rajini Rao, it seems that there are court battle back and forth regarding the repopulation program in Yellowstone. http://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolfrest.htm
Since it involves Idaho, maybe Gnotic Pasta has some insight.
April 18, 2015
That was a complicated story, whew!
April 18, 2015
Good thing you can speed read, Rajini Rao.
April 18, 2015
Thanks for the insight Gnotic Pasta. You are welcome to move your surplus wolves to MI. Have fun with
yourAdrian’s project.April 18, 2015
Hah, yes …I did give it a speed read 🙂
I like Gnotic Pasta ‘s summary better!
April 19, 2015
Gnotic Pasta’s explanation is succinct and accurate enough to apply to wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone in Montana (where part of the park is; the bulk is in Wyoming). I live in a different part of the state, but can attest that bumper stickers portraying a crossed out howling wolf and the slogan “Smoke a pack a day” (re hunting wolves) is common.
April 19, 2015
Yes. It’s the attitudes that bug me personally, reflective of a divided culture, but most hunting here is responsible. Most. anyway, the comment was just in answer to the question about Yellowstone, which you’ve thoroughly answered. There have been other ecological benefits there, too, like streambed and riverbank health increasing with slightly lower elk populations.
April 19, 2015
I think the Isle Royale National Park case is more appropriate since it’s an island. You don’t have to worry so much about livestock and humans.
April 19, 2015
They say there’s 1200 moose there. I think that needs more wolves. I saw a mountain lion while camping in northern cal once. We selpt down by the creek. When we woke up in the morning. It was looking at us from above, across the creek. It was scary and exhilarating at the same time. I was probably 15.
April 19, 2015
Mountain lions are terrifying! Gorgeous, but …
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