BS: How wolves change rivers

Subject: BS: How wolves chage rivers
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 27 Feb 17 - 05:22 AM

I have seen this before but watched it again this morning. I find it quite amazing.

Link to video

Enjoy

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves chage rivers
From: Raggytash
Date: 27 Feb 17 - 05:42 AM

Fascinating

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves chage rivers
From: gillymor
Date: 27 Feb 17 - 08:25 AM

The Lamar Valley in Yellowstone is a magical place.

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves chage rivers
From: keberoxu
Date: 27 Feb 17 - 11:30 AM

When I hear of animals changing rivers, I think of beavers first. With their beaver dams and all.

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves chage rivers
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 27 Feb 17 - 11:41 AM

Have you watched the video, keberoxu? The introduction of wolves had a positive effect on the beaver population as well. If is as much a document to how everything is interlinked as anything else.

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves change rivers
From: gillymor
Date: 27 Feb 17 - 12:04 PM

From a fisherman's viewpoint beaver ponds in Yellowstone are a godsend. When you're lucky enough to encounter a sizeable one on a stream in the back country there is often a population of large, willing brook trout inhabiting it.

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves change rivers
From: Stu
Date: 28 Feb 17 - 04:33 AM

If you're interested in this subject, then I recommend a book called The Wolf's Tooth by Cristina Eisenberg which goes into the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone and the profound effects it had not only the flora and fauna of the park, but our understanding of elk behaviour and browsing patterns. It also goes into other trophic cascades and the research that helped our understanding of these systems.

One of the best books I have ever read.

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves change rivers
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Feb 17 - 04:39 AM

The BBC Earth video on Yellowstone is amazing. It does a great job of telling the story of the wolves.
Both times I visited Yellowstone were in July, the peak of the tourist season. Even then, it was wonderful.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves change rivers
From: Pete from seven stars link
Date: 28 Feb 17 - 12:55 PM

I see it on Facebook recently and shared it. Interesting stuff

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves change rivers
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 01 Mar 17 - 05:24 AM

I'll try to remember to look that up, Stu - Thanks.

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves change rivers
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 01 Mar 17 - 06:32 AM

Just did and at £17 for the Kindle edition it is probably not for a non scientist like me! Thanks again anyway, Stu.

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves change rivers
From: Stu
Date: 01 Mar 17 - 07:03 AM

£17? Blimey. It's not overly technical though, I wasn't familiar with the terminology and understood it.

The BBC Yellowstone series is incredible and bears repeated viewing.

Joe: We also visited in July and apart from Old Faithfull found there was enough space so it never felt crowded. We did some hiking (in bear country - yay!) and went around the Norris Geyser Basin on foot; truly incredible. The drive from Cody to Yellowstone Lake was one of the most incredible I've ever been on and made one hell of an impression. We saw so much wildlife (but no bears or wolves unfortunately). We stayed in the village at Yellowstone Lake and as there are limited places the park quietens a bit at night; you feel like you're miles away from anywhere.

On the way I remember looking across the expanse of the Bighorn Basin towards the Rockies on the far horizon, stretching as afar as the eye could see north and southwards. Truly awe inspiring and humbling. The memory brings a tear to my eye as type this.

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves change rivers
From: gillymor
Date: 01 Mar 17 - 10:35 AM

Cristina Eisenberg contributes a lot of interesting articles to the Huff Post.

My favorite section of YNP (though I love all of it) is the the Lamar River drainage in the northeast sector which includes Slough Creek and Soda Butte Creek. It's not nearly as crowded as the other parts of the park (probably due to the relative paucity of geothermal features there) and it is the best area in the park for viewing wildlife (bison, grizzly and black bears, wolves, coyotes, elk, moose, pronghorns, big horn sheep, river otters...) especially if you hike up into the back country. I like to go after Aug. 15 when the crowds thin out as the kids are going back to school and the weather starts to cool a bit.

Subject: RE: BS: How wolves change rivers
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 02 Mar 17 - 04:48 AM

Our next visit the USA will start in Florida but once we have met up with my cousin and rested up we have a trip 'out west' in mind. Looks like Yellowstone may fit that bill :-) What would be best to those in the know? Fly out to wherever and then rent a car I guess. Any advice?

Cheers

DtG