New Predator in Yellowstone Reshapes Park's Entire Ecosystem

[rtraverdavis]

I think I will start a thread called, "Wolves". The first post will be empty. I will then go make popcorn.

Title it “Wolves & Montana Deer Management” and you’ll get to watch the internet break while you enjoy your popcorn.

 

[BigHornRam]

New and improved science disputes this old 2004 science.

Capturing a True Picture of Wolves in Yellowstone: Reevaluating Aspen Recovery Success Story

New research shows that the effects of wolves on the recovery of aspen has been exaggerated by how it was measured. It’s an environmental success story that feels like a parable—the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s triggered a cascade of effects that ultimate

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[one ate E grain]

Am I reading this right that it was first posted 17 years ago? Nostalgia I guess, Ripple can go back to being a cheap wine instead of a cheap whiner. Doug Smith is still fluttering his hands every time he tells a whopper from his secure lifetime job of alerting the commercial wolf viewing tour vans where a pack is to be seen today via his radio collared wolves. And the community of wildlife biologists and wolf researchers would just as soon most of those flakes just go silent, as just about every pronouncement they made has turned out to be silly, ridiculous, and more importantly cast into serious doubt via contrary and repeated studies by scientists who were scientists first and professionals second and political advocates never.

What's missing?

George Monbiot's "wolves change rivers" you tube now seen 45 million times.