Howling success.Grab your binoculars: Gray wolves are back in abundance in Yellowstone Yellowstone, river, 671 mi (1,080 km) long, rising in NW Wyo., and flowing NE through Mont. to enter the Missouri River near the N.Dak. line; it drains c.70,400 sq mi (182,340 sq km). The Yellowstone receives the Bighorn, Powder, Tongue, and many smaller rivers. The most scenic aspects of the river are found in Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park, 2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau in the Rocky Mts., on the Continental Divide, c.8,000 ft (2,440 m) above sea level, surrounded by mountains from 10,000 to 14,000 ft (3,048–4,267 m) high. in NW Wyoming. There, the river feeds and drains Yellowstone Lake, 139 sq mi (360 sq km), the largest high-altitude (alt. National Park. Several million of the species, Canis lupus, once roamed much of North America. But by the early 1900s, the wolves had been hunted to near extinction. Ten years ago, in an effort to rebuild the species in the Western United States, scientists imported 14 gray wolves from Canada and reintroduced them into Yellowstone. Currently, 171 wolves call the protected park home. "The future of wolves in the park now looks bright," says Douglas Smith, leader of the Yellowstone Wolf Project. |
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