Every few months, my friend Brendan disappears into the wilderness to track wolves. The wolves are tagged with radio collars as part of the Yellowstone Wolf Project, which has been observing the animals in their natural environments in an effort to help protect them since 1995. Brendan's work as a volunteer is to follow the wolf packs (from a safe distance) and record their behavioral, social, and predation habits. Sometimes he'll go a day without spotting a wolf, just sitting in sub-freezing snow fields and staring through a scope. Other times, he and his partners will stumble across the juicy meat of the job—a wolf howling atop a boulder, a pack devouring a weakened elk—and the biting, windy wait will all be worth it.

The Wolves of North America

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There are four distinct species of wolves in North America; and every last one of them is an endangered and beautiful species of animal, an apex predator, vital to the health of our ecosystems.  Sarah Palin, however, besides being a near mindless tramp, advocates the murder of wolves.  God help us all.