Of Wolves and Rivers

The lovely coastal wolves of Vargas Island

are in danger due to human-induced conflict.

Raincoasteducation.org

Paul Nicklen photos, National Geographic

When the wolves come back

to the mountains,

trees grow,

rivers change their course,

vegetation blooms

and all the animals prosper.

When the wolves come back

to the mountains,

birds sing,

and bears grow fat.

Let we humans stay away

from the mountains and national parks.

Let's send in the wolves,

to heal and bless the land.

If we withdrew our excessive demands and encroachment, and gave nature some time, she would heal. 

Just a few weeks ago here, a pack of wolves was active along the wild beaches. I worried as, in other places I have lived, such activity usually resulted in death of the animals. Here, however, they closed the beaches for a week and encouraged the wolves to move along. An intelligent and respectful response.

On facebook, there is a brief and visually lovely video about the trophic effect that the re-introduction of wolves to Yellowstone has had on the landscape and wildlife. Frustratingly, I cant figure out how to insert the video here, but this is the link. It is really beautiful, short and edifying. We need more wolves, less human meddling with nature.

https://www.facebook.com/newsnercom/videos/810945719072741/

for Real Toads at Play It Again, Toads, where I am responding to a prompt by Hannah Gosselin about Transforming Nature's Wonders.