Wolves preying on beavers in Minnesota reshape wetlands
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In this November 2019 photo provided by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, the Shoepack Lake Pack of wolves stops in front of a remote camera set on a trail in Voyageurs National Park, Minn. Scientists studying gray wolves in the park have traced how wolves preying on beavers affect the ecosystem by impeding the ability of beavers to build and maintain new dams that create wetlands. (Tom Gable/Voyageurs Wolf Project via AP)In this October 2020 photo provided by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, a beaver swims in front of its lodge in a beaver pond just south of Voyageurs National Park, Minn. Scientists studying gray wolves in the park have traced how wolves preying on beavers affect the ecosystem by impeding the ability of beavers to build and maintain new dams that create wetlands. (Tom Gable/Voyageurs Wolf Project via AP)In this June 2012 photo provided by Tom Gable, a beaver strips the leaves off of a freshly cut branch in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Scientists studying gray wolves in Minnesotas Voyageurs National Park have traced how wolves preying on beavers affect the ecosystem by impeding the ability of beavers to build and maintain new dams that create wetlands. (Tom Gable via AP)This May 2020 photo provided by the Voyageurs Wolf Project shows Wolf V092 during efforts to fit a GPS-collar, just south of Voyageurs National Park, Minn. Scientists studying gray wolves in the park have traced how wolves preying on beavers affect the ecosystem by impeding the ability of beavers to build and maintain new dams that create wetlands. (Tom Gable/Voyageurs Wolf Project via AP)In this July 2015 photo provided by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, Austin Homkes, a field biologist with the Voyageurs Wolf Project, looks over a drained beaver pond that became a meadow once the water receded in Voyageurs National Park, Minn. These features are referred to as "beaver meadows" because once beaver ponds drain, the fertile soil allows for grasses, flowers, and shrubs to grow abundantly. (Tom Gable/Voyageurs Wolf Project via AP)
Tom Gable
In this November 2019 photo provided by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, the Shoepack Lake Pack of wolves stops in front of a remote camera set on a trail in Voyageurs National Park, Minn. Scientists studying gray wolves in the park have traced how wolves preying on beavers affect the ecosystem by impeding the ability of beavers to build and maintain new dams that create wetlands. (Tom Gable/Voyageurs Wolf Project via AP)
