TL;DW it’s similar to what I was saying above- the deer in Yellowstone were eating all the grass because there were no wolves. They reintroduced the wolves and the deer started avoiding areas where the wolves were most likely to catch them. Much like the negative cascading effect I was talking about in Indiana, this had a positive cascading effect which greatly increased the biodiversity of the entire region and even had effect on rivers due to less soil erosion.
I don’t think it’s this bad right now, but I remember about 10 years ago a hunter telling me about the starving deer he was bagging because of a population explosion.
Here is your reminder that wolves are good for rivers.
TL;DW it’s similar to what I was saying above- the deer in Yellowstone were eating all the grass because there were no wolves. They reintroduced the wolves and the deer started avoiding areas where the wolves were most likely to catch them. Much like the negative cascading effect I was talking about in Indiana, this had a positive cascading effect which greatly increased the biodiversity of the entire region and even had effect on rivers due to less soil erosion.
deleted by creator
I don’t think it’s this bad right now, but I remember about 10 years ago a hunter telling me about the starving deer he was bagging because of a population explosion.