And in the last minute of this remarkable animal's seemingly doomed existence, help arrived on the scene for this endangered species and the reintroduction plans for Canis lupus into the Yellowstone area were drafted. The rest, as they say, is history. Built from stock brought in from Canada, wolf packs are finally repopulating Yellowstone, their howls resounding again through its valleys and from its mountain tops. Yellowstone is whole again, its magic restored, the balance of predator and prey reinstated. Our two vans arrive at their destination and we spill into the quiet, cold morning.
Wolves are very shy and easily disturbed by people.
I am disappointed. I feel like howling right now. But it has to wait. We are lucky. The Druid Peak Pack , consisting of eight wolves, has been sighted regularly from the road traversing the Lamar Valley, thus allowing people to observe and study them.