Name:
Talk: Who's the Big Bad Wolf Afraid Of? Wolf-elk interations
Date:
October 5, 2023
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MDT
Kristin Barker collars a juvenile wolf. Photo by Mark Gocke, WGFD.
Event Description:
Join us for "Who’s the Big Bad Wolf Afraid of? Wolf-elk interactions across the wildland-urban interface" presented by Kristin Barker, research coordinator for the Beyond Yellowstone Program.
The in-person talk takes place in the Center’s Coe Auditorium, with a virtual option available at https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_CQNzwHxZRX20gUAxBe5LzA
After being functionally absent from the continental United States for about a century, wolves are back on the landscape and continually expanding into new areas. The return of wolves to Yellowstone has been touted as a key driver of restored ecosystem functioning, but what evidence do we have to support that claim, and how applicable is it outside protected areas like National Parks?
Combining information from existing research with new insights from recent field studies, this presentation takes a deep dive into what we know—and what we don’t—about the effects of wolf restoration on the ecosystems of the American West.
