The main issue with the overpopulation of elk in Yellowstone is because the tree huggers successfully prevented hunting within the border of the park. Elm migrating off the NP were fair game and some never left, just bred and multiplied. There were solutions that could have easily reduced the herd without reintroduction of wolves.
I can't wrap my head around what a wolf would do to bring in $7-10 million dollars annually in direct economic impact. I'd like to see the documentation about how that happens.
https://www.yellowstonepark.com/thi...imated-7-10-million-in-annual-tourism-revenue
https://helenair.com/news/state-and...cle_649f73d9-27f6-5f9f-b336-25fb6a72bb92.html
As to managing the park, removing an apex predator was a mistake. It was always a mistake, and it will always be a mistake. Arguing against that is lunacy. I'm a hunter. I'd like to to kill a wolf, and an Elk. Eliminating either or any of the other native species from Yellowstone was a mistake , and it always will be. It changed the park in ways that were bad for the ecosystem. It will always be changed, and the damage that was done can't ever be fully corrected, but replacing the wolf has certainly helped.
https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem
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