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When The Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance In Yellowstone (2008)

by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0802796869 (ISBN13: 9780802796868)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Walker Childrens

review 1: This specific book talks about a time in history when wolves were eliminated from Yellowstone National Park. The reason were because humans believed they were the cause of the natural system being out of balance. However as the book continues the reader learns that due to the elimination of wolves in result led to an overpopulation of elk, coyotes and how wolves actually played an essential role to the Yellowstone environment. As the book ends wolves were brought back to the national park in 1996 and restored natures balance in Yellowstone. The illustrations in this specific story very stimulating and included a great deal on the Yellowstone wolves. I loved how this was a very informational book and was based on true events throughout history. I believe that this specific ... morebook would be good to use in a classroom for students who are interested in the history of Yellowstone and wolves.
review 2: When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone. This book mainly focuses on Yellowstone located in Wyoming. In the beginning this was a place where nature could naturally just take its course, with little human interference. Yellowstone then became “the world’s first national park.” This park was made for people, so that people could enjoy the park and all its natural wonders. In the beginning when this park first became a national park people were allowed to hunt at it and even cut down the trees. The people thought no harm of it, and in the beginning it really was no harm since not very many people went. But as more people started to go, it became more noticeable that the humans were harming this park. The hunters hunted deer, but they were also paid to kill the wolves since the wolves were eating the deer that the humans enjoyed. At one point there was no more wolves left, humans thought that was perfect they thought wolves were not of importance. Soon after there was no wolves there were too many elk since the wolves were no longer eating them, then coyotes became the top predator and they just would eat everything. But they could since wolves were no longer there to stop them. That was throwing off all the rest of the animals residing in the park as well. So they finally realized that since the wolves were gone problems had been starting, so they brought some wolves back. So once the wolves were back the whole park eventually went back to normal. This is all part of natural causes and effects which is informational for kids and a good thing to learn. less

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