[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":51},["ShallowReactive",2],{"wildlife-wolves":3},{"id":4,"backLabel":5,"behaving":5,"creatures":6,"description":7,"encountering":5,"extension":8,"heroCrop":5,"heroImage":9,"listName":10,"meta":11,"name":10,"safeDistance":12,"sections":13,"silhouette":44,"stats":45,"stem":46,"wildFacts":47,"__hash__":50},"wildlife\u002Fwildlife\u002Fwolves.json",null,[],"Reintroduced to the Tetons and Yellowstone only decades ago, these elusive pack creatures stay hidden while visibly shaping our ecosystem.","json","\u002Fimages\u002Fwildlife\u002Fwolves.jpg","Wolves",{},"100 YDS",[14,31],{"heading":15,"layout":16,"items":17},"A Return to the Wild","cards",[18,22,26],{"title":19,"description":20,"icon":21},"Started in 1995","After a long absence, wolves were brought from Canada to Yellowstone.","calendar",{"title":23,"description":24,"icon":25},"To the Tetons","By 1999, the wolves had migrated south into the Teton region and denned the first litter in 70 years.","mountain2",{"title":27,"description":28,"icon":29,"doubleWide":30},"Still thriving now","Today, there are at least 46 wolves across 6 packs in the Teton region. You probably won't see them—but their story is etched into our landscape.","travel-in-packs",true,{"heading":32,"description":33,"items":34},"Cascading Impact","It's incredible how one creature's presence ripples through an entire region.",[35,38,41],{"title":36,"description":37},"Moving the food chain","The return of wolves reintroduced a missing predator to the ecosystem—specifically to elk herds. The ensuing change in population and the elk herd movement has had a cascading effect on the landscape.",{"title":39,"description":40},"Reshaping the land","With fewer elk overgrazing in the same spots, more trees can grow along riverbanks, reducing erosion and providing habitats for beavers and other animals.",{"title":42,"description":43},"Feeding the valley","A single wolf hunt provides food (carcasses) to numerous species of birds and scavengers, supporting the ecosystem long after they've moved on.","wolf",[],"wildlife\u002Fwolves",[48,49],"In the winter, wolf diets consist of 80% elk, directly tying them to the largest elk migration in the country.","Black wolves get their coats from domesticated dogs as part of a genetic mutation. They're the same species as gray wolves with different coats.","mu4tPhNCmTA2MBXzaIunCRb68c03MJTLeQk-0atHhYg",1783453549796]