Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years

Live science ^ | 21st July 2025 | Chris Simms

[woodbutcher1963]

Other than OSB there is no market for Aspen timber.
Making the logs not worth very much.

Here in NH there are not any sawmills that want Aspen/Popular at all. Other than to use for pallet boards. Which makes the timber almost worthless.

That is why Canadian and northern US OSB mills started using it. It chips up well and it is light/not too dense. Plus they could buy the timber for almost nothing. So, their cost of materials to make OSB Board out of was very low.
The advent of OSB basically put almost all the sheathing plywood mills out of business.

[Fireone]

Wolves are protected in MN, they have too many wolves & farmers are losing livestock at an alarming rate. I don’t recall seeing many Manatees in MN, perhaps the DNR should meddle with nature a bit more.

[fidelis]

...this whole discussion will be mute.

Moot.

[mewzilla]

We visited Yellowstone in the 70s.

There were quaking aspens.

[Sequoyah101]

From 18,000 to a mere 2,000 elk now. Must be some really fat wolves. No wonder they are venturing out beyond the park, they are running out of elk meat.

[SuperLuminal]

Hmm...
One important thing I get from this article is that ICE should be capturing, training, and deploying wolves to thin out the 60,000,000 disease-ridden migrant-invader herd roaming freely throughout the country, destroying the economy, public safety, and culture......

[metmom]

This is interesting.

I planted some maple and white birch sapling I got from the state and had to put cages around them to protect them from the deer and rabbits, and anything else that might want to browse the trees and eat the bark in winter.

We made them from turkey wire and then wrapped chicken wire around that. They’ll stay that way for a few years until the trees are big enough to manage without them.

[metmom]

The solution is simple. Do nothing and let nature run its course.

What a novel concept!!!!!

[BiteYourSelf]

You mean we get to hunt politicians now?🤔

[BiteYourSelf]

They were quaking in fear of the elk.😆

[OldGoatCPO]

No, but could you imagine how much money a State would earn if they had a lottery for a limited number of politician tags? The line for the lottery would be extend across the State. Another money earning venture; lottery for lawyer tags. I know illegal and against the Ten Commandments, but it could make a great sequel to “The Purge.” The Purge, Politician Night. The Purge, Lawyers Run.