Robert Fanning peddled a simplistic%2C incendiary narrative about wolves and elk in Yellowstone.  While he predicted lobos would bring biological disaster to elk and other animals in the park%2C it never happened. In fact%2C elk numbers are rising again and wolf numbers have stabilized at less than half of their population on the Northern Range in the years after their reintroduction.  Top%2C a lone wolf hunts in Yellowstone %28photo courtesy NPS%252FJacob W. Frank%29%29. Below that photo%2C elk return to the Lamar Valley%2C part of the Northern Range complex%2C in early summer.  %28Photo courtesy NPS%252FNeil Herbert%29
Robert Fanning peddled a simplistic%2C incendiary narrative about wolves and elk in Yellowstone. While he predicted lobos would bring biological disaster to elk and other animals in the park%2C it never happened. In fact%2C elk numbers are rising again and wolf numbers have stabilized at less than half of their population on the Northern Range in the years after their reintroduction. Top%2C a lone wolf hunts in Yellowstone %28photo courtesy NPS%252FJacob W. Frank%29%29. Below that photo%2C elk return to the Lamar Valley%2C part of the Northern Range complex%2C in early summer. %28Photo courtesy NPS%252FNeil Herbert%29