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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #983 Yellowstone National Park
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After  an  absence  of  more  than  50  years,  the  gray  wolf  (Canis  lupus)  once  again  runs  beneath  the  night  skies  of  Yellowstone  National  Park.  At  3:45  pm  on  March  21st  1995,  the  first  of  three  groups  of  gray  wolves  (also  known  as  the  timber  wolf)  were  released  from    acclimation  pens  at  Crystal  Creek  within  Yellowstone  National  Park.  The  wolf  release  plan,    in  an  environmental  impact  statement  (EIS)  in  1992-1994,  is  to  restore  wolves  to  Yellowstone  and  central  Idaho  by  establishing  experimental  populations  of  gray  wolves  in  both  areas.  The  goal  for  Yellowstone  is  to  establish  10  packs  wolves  reproducing  in  the  area  for  three      years  by  the  year  2002.  Restoring  wolves  to  Yellowstone  is  in  keeping  with  national  park  goals  to  perpetuate  all  native  species  and  their  natural  interactions  with  their  environment.  As  with  other  park  wildlife  programs,  management  emphasizes    human  impact  on  natural  animal  population  dynamics.  Yellowstone  National  Park  is  a  wilderness  and  wildlife  refuge  in  the  United  States.  

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