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Wapiti lake pack : Yellowstone.
Wapiti lake pack : Yellowstone.

Wolves were once native to the Yellowstone national park - until hunting wiped them out. But when in 1995 the wolves returned, something interesting happened - the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred.
The presence of wolves substantially changed the behavior of large grazers. The vegetation was able to re-establish and re-grow, thereby increasing bio-diversity by providing food and shelter to a larger variety of plants and animals.
Remarkably the presence of wolves also changed the rivers. Riverbank erosion decreased - so the rivers meandered less, the channels deepened and small pools formed. The recovering vegetation stabilized the riverbanks, which in turn changed the geography and micro-climate of the park.
National Geographic reported that this might be one of the most important conservation concepts to come out of natural science in the last half century.

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Taken on: May 19, 2017
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