Wildlife and the Watershed – Happy World Wildlife Day

Today is the first ever UN sanctioned World Wildlife Day and given the importance of wildlife to the watershed we’re happy to celebrate.

In the United States in the 1930s all the wolves in Yellowstone National Park were extinguished. Over time the area lost a great number of aspen trees, the rivers saw major erosion, and other animals began to disappear. The lack of predators led to a great imbalance that impacted the water itself.

Check out the video below to learn more about the impact of predators on the watershed. 

If you only have four minutes to spare the Oldman Watershed Council shared an excellent and similar, but shorter video on their facebook page.