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Wolf Portrait
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Subjects
Biology
Graphic Arts
Language Arts
Technology
Objectives
The student will:
• Sequence the events of the first year
of wolf reintroduction in chronological order
with 80% accuracy.
• Label the dates on the timeline with
100% accuracy.
• Coordinate the colors for the dates
to the events on the timeline with 100% accuracy.
• Hypothesize, in writing, why some people
did not want wolves released in the park.
Materials
Wolf
Stock Timeline Template (Excel spreadsheet;
legal size paper)
Wolf Stock Timeline Answer Key (pdf
| Excel
spreadsheet)
Wolf
Stock Events worksheet (pdf
| Word
| rtf)
Wolf
Stock Photo worksheet (pdf
| Word
| rtf)
Wolf
Stock Timeline Rubric (pdf)
Glue/Scissors/Colors
Background
Wolves were not always protected in Yellowstone
National Park. In fact, they were eradicated.
In 1926, the last wolf in Yellowstone National
Park was killed.
By the mid 1960s, scientists and others were
taking a closer look at wildlife management. In
1963, a national park advisory group, comprised
of well-known scientists, released a report recommending
parks “maintain biotic associations”
within the context of their ecosystem and based
on scientific research. Known as the Leopold Report,
this document established the framework for park
management that is still used today throughout
the National Park System. By adopting this new
management philosophy, Yellowstone National Park
went from an unnatural managing of resources to
“natural regulation”—known as
Ecological Process Management.
In accordance with the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, Yellowstone National Park and all other
federal agencies are required to protect species
that are (or are likely to become) at risk of
extinction throughout all or a significant part
of their range. The Act prohibits any action that
would jeopardize their continued existence or
result in the destruction of modification of their
habitat.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) 1987
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Plan proposed
reintroduction of an “experimental population”
of wolves into Yellowstone. The steps to reintroduce
wolves into Yellowstone National Park were many
and took years.
In this activity, students will learn about the
events that took place to reintroduce the wolves
to Yellowstone, and they will study the barriers
to wolf reintroduction.
Procedure
The instructor will:
1. Distribute copies
of the Wolf Stock Timeline Template, the Wolf
Stock Events worksheet,
and the Wolf Stock Photo worksheet to each student.
2. Instruct students
to cut out events and arrange them in chronological
order.
3. Instruct students
cut out the photographs and match them with the
events.
4. Have students
glue events and pictures on to Wolf Stock Timeline
Template in chronological
order.
5. Have students
glue or tape page one of the timeline above page
two of the timeline.
6. Have students
shade in the date/time period for each event on
the timeline.
NOTE: This activity can be done entirely in a
computer lab using Word and Excel.
Assessments
Wolf Stock
Rubric (pdf)
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