When the wolves returned : restoring nature's balance in Yellowstone /
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent ; photographs by Dan Hartman and Cassie Hartman.
- New York : Walker, 2008.
- 39 p. : ill. (some col ; 26 x 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Booklist. Horn Book. Library Media Connection starred.
Discusses how the wolf, once returned to Yellowstone National Park, helped restore balance to the ecosystem by minimizing the predation of coyotes on smaller creatures, keeping the elk herd on the run, thereby helping more aspen and willow trees to grow, and influencing other previously misunderstood dynamics.