yellowstone national park

"Using the structure of 'The House that Jack Built' and the example of the gray wolf reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park, the interconnectedness of the wildlife that lives in a place and how the presence (or absence) of a single species can impact an ecosystem is explained"--Provided by publisher. Includes back matter.

The gray wolf was once a top predator in North America, revered by Native Americans. Once white settlers arrived, wolf populations fell dramatically. This book tells the story of the gray wolf's population plunge due to systematic killing programs, and its victorious rise thanks to conservation programs. Readers will learn about wolf adaptations and behavior, as well as its impact on its ecosystem. This book highlights the work of the Yellowstone Wolf Project to bring gray wolves back to Yellowstone National Park. Graphic organizers and brilliant photographs allow readers to deeply connect with the text. Readers will surely appreciate the resilience of the great gray wolf.

"In 1995-96 twenty-three grey wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park where, due to over-hunting, there had been no wolves at all for almost seventy years. This reintroduction project was an overwhelming success. Over twenty years later we can still see the changes the grey wolves brought to Yellowstone National Park. Now that the elk graze higher ground, seedlings are growing tall, rivers are getting deeper as beavers return, and a lively pond ecosystem is developing. This true story offers an important lesson about the difference one creature can make in creating a healthy, thriving world"--Amazon.com.

Brothers John and Frank Craighead knew there was a problem when they saw fewer and fewer grizzly bears at Yellowstone National Park. But how did grizzlies-with a population size once as big as 100,000-wind up on the endangered species list?.

The story of the rise of a Yellowstone wolf, and what her life and death and death tell us about the struggle for the American West--Provided by publisher.

"Gray wolves were predators that dominated the North American landscape hundreds of years ago. But when Mike Philips and Doug Smith relocated 14 wolves to Yellowstone in 1995, it was the first time in over 70 years that the species had stepped foot on the land. With the whole park suffering, this last change to save the gray wolf was also crucial to saving the balance of a delicate ecosystem. Follow along on this graphic adventure based on a true story to learn how a bold plan brough the gray wolf back from the brink. Then, learn more about gray wolves and other wolves in danger"--Provided by publisher.

"Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves--but park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought them back, with the first wolves arriving from Canada in 1995. This is the incredible true story of one of those wolves. Wolf 8 struggles at first--he is smaller than the other pups, and often bullied--but soon he bonds with an alpha female whose mate was shot. An unusually young alpha male, barely a teenager in human years, Wolf 8 rises to the occasion, hunting skillfully, and even defending his family from the wolf who killed his father. But soon he faces a new opponent: his adopted son, who mates with a violent alpha female. Can Wolf 8 protect his pack?"--OCLC.

"This book is [an] . . . exploration of the transformations that have taken place in Yellowstone National Park since the wolves returned -- including the monumental changes to the landscape and to all the animals that live there"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses how the wolf, once returned to Yellowstone National Park, helped restore balance to the ecosystem by minimizing the predation of coyotes on smaller creatures, keeping the elk herd on the run, thereby helping more aspen and willow trees to grow, and influencing other previously misunderstood dynamics.

In lyrical prose and luminous paintings, readers tour the Yellowstone supervolcano and the animals who now take refuge there.