#reintroduction — Public Fediverse posts

Return Of Wolves To Yellowstone Has Led To A Surge In Aspen Trees Unseen For 80 Years
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/return-of-wolves-to-yellowstone-has-led-to-a-surge-in-aspen-trees-unseen-for-80-years <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122941 <-- shared paper
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https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/pwZObUXR <-- shared video
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/reintroducing-wolves-to-yellowstone-helped-entire-ecosystem-thrive-20-year-study-finds <-- shared related technical article
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"Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen...."
#elk #cervuscanadensis #bison #bisonbison #wolf #wolves #canislupus #quakingaspen #populustremuloides #herd #browsing #predation #aspen #vegetation #forest #rophiccascade #yellowstone #YellowstoneNationalPark #ecosystem #restoration #natural #balance #canopy #graywolves #habitatloss #predator #saplings #growth #mature #ecology #reintroduction #survey #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #herbaceous #browsing

Beavers Were Brought To The [Utah] Desert To Save A Dying River. Six Years Later, Here Are The Results.
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https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-refresh-utah-desert-ex1 <-- shared technical media article
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https://youtu.be/9-L___3vV9s?si=7H4JJ7sq_t76jw2L <-- shared media video
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https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2025/01/23/voices-federal-water-investments/ <-- shared local media article on the revitalization
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210713-the-beavers-returning-to-the-desert <-- shared international media article on the translocation
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H/T @upworthy
#water #hydrology #desert #Utah #PriceRiver #SanRafaelRiver #restoration #ecosystem #river #waterresources #arid #wildlife #agricultrure #tourism #economics #ROI #costbenefit #humaninpacts #climatechange #overfarming #pollution #Colorado #ColoradoRiverBasin #drought #extremeweather #fluvial #pluvial #wildfire #risk #hazard #fisheries #beaver #translocation #landform #geomorphology #dam #dams #beaverdam #ponds #wetlands #natural #waterquality #reintroduction #keystonespecies #trophiccascade #recreation #fisheries #riparian #habitat #diversity #flow #engineering #fedscience

Restoring Predators, Restoring Ecosystems: Yellowstone Wolves And Other Carnivores Drive Strong Trophic Cascade
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-predators-ecosystems-yellowstone-wolves-carnivores.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03428 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #YellowstoneNationalPark #Largecarnivores #Willows #Crownvolume #Chronosequencephotographs #Trophiccascade #strength #ecosystem #ecology #biology #biodiversity #vegetation #wolf #elk #willows #riparian #stream #water #hydrology #tree #health #foresthealth #herbivore #carnivore #reintroduction #plants #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #biomass #foodweb #predictivemodel #model #modeling #response #predators #yellowstone

Helping Bison Find Their Way Home
https://therevelator.org/bison-home/

"#BisonReintroduction programs have gained traction on #TribalLands in the United States and Canada in recent years... In September the U.S. Department of the Interior reaffirmed its commitment to herd #reintroduction, allotting $5 million to the restoration of #bison and #grassland ecosystems in Tribal communities."

#Conservation #ConservationOptimism #Rewilding #Animals #Indigenous #FirstNations #USpol #Biden #Climate