Winter Wolf Song

CURWOOD: Wolves are fully protected and very vocal in Yellowstone National Park. Reporter Jennifer Jerrett went out to listen with a wolf expert. MCINTYRE: Im Rick McIntyre. I work for the park service in Yellowstone National Park, and my title is Biological Technician. [WOLVES HOWLING] MCINTYRE: One of things that I often think about when we hear wolves howling is…Im sure you know the story…that it was the last of the original Yellowstone wolves that were killed in 1926 about a half a mile from where were standing. And so for any visitor that had come to Yellowstone from 1926 to 1995 when wolves were brought back and re-introduced and re-established…Im sure they had a great experience visiting the worlds first national park and would have seen a lot of great stuff, but theres one thing they missed out on. There would have been an unnatural silence here. But luckily we realized what a big mistake that was and figured out how to rectify it. So were experiencing that right now. That silence is over. [WOLVES HOWLING] CURWOOD: That's biologist Rick McIntyre…and friends. Reporter Jennifer Jerrett brought us that audio postcard from Yellowstone National Park.