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drewtrush

It can be hard to put a face with a name when you are talking about animals that live in remote parts of Alaska.  These wolves of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve have never been photographed before, let alone seen by people other than the occasional biologist.   The subject of study for the last 22 years, the National Park Service has been dedicated to learning as much as they can about these animals. •••

From the @nationalparkservice Press Release: “National Park Service researchers monitored wolf population dynamics for 22 years (1993–2014) in order to assess how two large-scale wolf control programs, which had the primary goal of increasing the size of the Fortymile caribou herd, affected a wolf population located within the adjacent protected area of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. The study is one of only four in North America conducted for this length of time.”

••• You can learn more at the link in my bio. Follow along with @yukoncharleywolves to learn more.