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"In 1995, the gray wolf was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after a seventy-year absence. All these years later, we can clearly see the cascading effects this has had on the park's ecosystem. This is a spectacular example of a trophic cascade, the term used when an important member of an ecosystem goes missing and many other living things are indirectly affected, causing a chain reaction of events. In the case of the reintroduced wolves...
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"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"--
3) Wolf Island
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The Great Bear Rainforest is a majestic place full of tall trees, huge bears, and endless schools of salmon. Award-winning photographer and author Ian McAllister's luminous photographs illustrate the story of a lone wolf who swims to one of the small islands that dot the rainforest's coast. The island provides him with everything he needs-deer, salmon, fresh water-everything, that is, but a mate. When a female wolf arrives on the island's rocky shores,...
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