How Wolves Change Rivers

[seth30]

I hear that with the wolves driving out the coyotes that the rodent population in Yellowstone is out of control.

[stuckalot]

On the bright side there should be lots of families flocking to Yellowstone to check out the willows, frogs and beavers! Who'd want to go and look at a bunch of deer, elk and moose anyway...

[wolfbait]

My dad sent me this video about a week ago. I see the merit behind it but don't agree how they try to tie it all into wolves being the "solution". I am all about a balanced ecosystem between predator and prey but I would love to see what these yahoos have to say down the road when there are too few deer, elk and other critters because of all the predators. I also lost a lot of respect for it as soon as I heard them say "deer calves". 

More wilderness-with corridors will be the new USFS, USFS, WDFW talking points. The main reasons for predators, and their prey survival.  Watch and see!

[quadrafire]

Sounds like Piers Morgan...........Bet that was his farewell speech from MSNBC or wherever he was broadcasting.

[snowpack]

I heard that when a wolf licks you, it cures all that ails you!  And wolves save the economy too--wolves extirpated in 1929...stock market crashed and Great Depression began, then wolves introduced into Yellowstone in the mid 90's and shortly thereafter the economy was strongest ever...coincidence?  I think not!  Also, the real reason that the British lost the Revolutionary War was because wolves drove them out.

[Duffer]

Why has no one addressed the obvious impact this has on toad-licking and toad-lickers?

[bearpaw]

I heard that when a wolf licks you, it cures all that ails you!  And wolves save the economy too--wolves extirpated in 1929...stock market crashed and Great Depression began, then wolves introduced into Yellowstone in the mid 90's and shortly thereafter the economy was strongest ever...coincidence?  I think not!  Also, the real reason that the British lost the Revolutionary War was because wolves drove them out.

 

[wence5]

Until the Caribou elk  and deer are endangered and hunting is done, by then the GP is propagandized into believing the 2 A was meant for hunting and it isn't needed either
[/quote]

I think you hit the nail on the head. Wolves are just a piece of a much larger and more sinister puzzle. Most lib's and people that don't own firearms have attached the 2A to hunting. Do away with hunting, why would anyone need a gun, so let's do away with the 2A.

[Jonathan_S]

Why has no one addressed the obvious impact this has on toad-licking and toad-lickers?

listen to the man!

[seth30]

On the bright side there should be lots of families flocking to Yellowstone to check out the willows, frogs and beavers! Who'd want to go and look at a bunch of deer, elk and moose anyway...

  I was wondering where I could go to see some willows

[denali]

meh.. till they chew the base of dams and tear out nets. just another greenie fantasy