Loss of Wolves Causes Major Ecosystem Disruption at Olympic National Park
Friday, July 11, 2008 - 13:56
in Earth & Climate
Olympic National Park was created in 1938, in part “to preserve the finest sample of primeval forests in the entire United States” - but a new study at Oregon State University suggests that this preservation goal has failed, as a result of the elimination of wolves and subsequent domination of the temperate rainforests by herds of browsing elk.