Name: Return of the Wolves
Uploaded: 2019
Duration: 23 min 21 s
Description: Capture teams from the U.S. National Park Service track down and relocate wolves to Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior under an ambitious initiative to restore balance to a wilderness ecosystem.

Capture teams from the U.S. National Park Service track down and relocate wolves to Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior under an ambitious initiative to restore balance to a wilderness ecosystem.

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Follow wildlife teams as they capture, examine, and relocate wolves to Isle Royale National Park, where only two wolves remained and the ecosystem had fallen out of balance. The episode reveals how predator, prey, climate, and genetics are tightly linked, turning a dramatic field operation into a deeper look at how a wilderness is restored.

Helicopters, frozen lakes, and a race to restore a wild island.

Capture teams from the U.S. National Park Service track down and relocate wolves to Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior to restore balance.