Skip to main content

Boreal Community Media

New research reveals how humans enable wolf predation on deer

Nov 07, 2023 09:38AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: A composite image of a breeding female wolf traveling on a logging road carrying a deer fawn back to her pups in June 2023. (Photo courtesy Voyageurs Wolf Project)

By Greg Seitz - Quetico Superior Wilderness News - November 7, 2023


New research from the Voyageurs Wolf Project and partners has revealed the extent to which the ways people modify northern Minnesota’s landscape affect the predator-prey relationship of wolves and white-tailed deer. The team of scientists who published the new findings say humans have significant effects on where and how wolves hunt, especially fawns.

To read the full story, visit the Quetico Superior Wilderness News site here. 


Related: Meet your Boreal Community Media Freelance Journalist: Greg Seitz
Boreal Ship Spotter - larger view here