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Wolves have value to humans, to environment

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The SAD PART, is that the facts that Wolf haters spew… are nothing more than false most of the time….. Facts don’t matter to those who detest the wolf. They embellish stories, make false claims and find any excuse to justify their hatred. In his letter published Dec. 28, Ron Scott states wolves play “no good part in our society” he …

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14 Mexican wolves confirmed dead in 2016

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ALBUQUERQUE — More than a dozen endangered Mexican gray wolves were killed in 2016, including two at the hands of wildlife officials who were capturing and collaring the animals as part of an annual survey of the struggling population. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed this week that 14 wolf deaths were documented last year, marking the most in any …

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Wolves and moose make music together on Isle Royale

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On Isle Royale a group of scientists have studied the wolves, the moose and the climate for 58 years. Did you know you can dance to their findings? This project, which took months to produce, is now available online at www.isleroyalewolf.org/sonification. It’s an Internet version of an art project by students at Michigan Tech. Back in 2014, those students decided to …

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Sonifying the wolves and moose of Isle Royale: transforming data into music

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This is a Must Go Listen too 😉 An example of a rare and special art form called data-driven music or sonification. Imagine an orchestra of instruments. In this orchestra, the musicians playing the instruments are not human. Rather the instruments are played by data – data that has been collected from nature. In this particular case, the music is …