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The Reintroduction of Gray Wolves to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho-Final Environmental Impact Statement (PDF) (Report). Denver, CO: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1994. Denver, CO: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1994.
The idea of wolf reintroduction was first brought to Congress in 1966 by biologists who were concerned with the critically high elk populations in Yellowstone and the ecological damages to the land from excessively large herds. Officially, 1926 was when the last wolves were killed within Yellowstone's boundaries. When the wolves were eradicated ...
Five wolves were captured in Oregon on December 17, 2023, in what has been called the "most ambitious wolf reintroduction effort in the U.S. in almost three decades". [103] The fragmented populations across the Great Lakes, the northern Rockies, and the Western US could be connected by new wolf packs in Colorado. [104]
“95% of ranchers in Colorado will never have a problem,” said Ed Bangs, a former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist who led the reintroduction of wolves in the mid-1990s to Yellowstone ...
Reintroduction of wolves. Wolves were reintroduced to the park in 1995, after being driven extinct in the area nearly 100 years ago. It is estimated that approximately 500 wolves are present now ...
Such encounters have become daily occurrences in Yellowstone after gray wolves rebounded in parts of the American West with remarkable speed following their reintroduction 25 years ago. A Colorado ...
William Ripple is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, most of which deal with trophic cascades. [10]Ripple, along with his frequent coauthor, Robert Beschta, have studied, published, and publicized the positive impact that gray wolves have had on the Yellowstone National Park ecosystem since their reintroduction in 1995 and 1996. [11]
The reintroduction of gray wolves can lead to more resilient and diverse ecosystems, benefiting a wide range of plant and animal species. Wolves help control populations of large herbivores like ...