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The “How Wolves Changed Rivers” story became environmental gospel. One problem: the science doesn’t actually support it. Colorado State researchers examined 20 YEARS of wolf recovery inYellowstone and the results are clear: wolves are not the magical cure all they are made out to be. The trophic cascade theory? Oversimplified at best, misleading at worst. Here’s what ACTUALLY matters: SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT WITH HUMANS IN THE ECOSYSTEM While Yellowstone’s hands-off approach failed, Montana’s a

People actively hunt wolves to protect their livestock. But in some places wolves are being hunted towards extinction. Wolves are a critical keystone species in a healthy ecosystem. By regulating prey populations, wolves enable many other species of plants and animals to flourish. Without predators, such as wolves, the system fails to support a natural level of biodiversity. Just like beavers, wolves aide the ability for the forests and grasses to grow and water to accumulate. Wolves are importa