Why are wolves important to Yellowstone Park?

Answer 1

It is important that the wolves be reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park because predators help to maintain the health of the ecosystem in general. Without wolves, there are too many grazing animals, such as deer, and not enough food for them to eat.

Answer 2

Wolves were abundant in the Yellowstone area- until they were hunted, poisoned, etc. in order to remove what local Americans perceived to be threats to their livelihoods.

Yet because of less predation, elk and deer populations skyrocketed, this time causing a true threat to Yellowstone, due to the increased consumption of manifold species.

Scientists decided to capture 31 wolves from Canada and relocate them to Yellowstone. Thanks to abundant elk for prey, the wolf population tripled in 3 years, allowing the regeneration of willow and aspen, as well as more Songbirds, foxes, and ground squirrels.

Answer 3

Wolves were put out of their natural habitat due to hunting. Ecologists want to try and reintroduce them in places they used to be. So it's not just Yellowstone, but Yellowstone is the biggest one.

Answer 4

A better question would be, "Why were wolves exterminated from Yellowstone in the first place?"

I learned this in nursery school: "When you make a mess, you clean it up."

When humans destroy a vital part of nature for no reason (other than visceral hatred of a species), it is up to humans to undo the messy damage they did.

Re-introduction of wolves into their natural living area is one example of the above.

Answer 5

How Wolves Change Rivers - YouTube

Answer 6

The primary circumstance that led to the reintroduction of wolves Yellowstone National Park was the over-population of deer and elk. However, scientists learned that simply adding wolves back into the park revitalized an entire ecosystem, from small and large game, trees, foliage, birds, soil retention,

and even the behavior of the river!

Answer 7

Wolves are important to Yellowstone National Park because if one animal type is to high the wolves will kill them and eat them for food and then that animal type won't be so high.

Answer 8

to kill all the elk that were eating all the plant

Answer 9

Wolves are a vital part of the ecosystem. The wolves stabilized the ecosystem by becoming the top predator.

Answer 10

This video tells it all: