Coastal grey wolves in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska seem to be feasting well these days on an unlikely food source — sea otters. In fact, the shorelines of Glacier Bay offer wolves a cornucopia of otters and other marine menu items, providing this carnivorous predator safe and dependable locations for food and raising offspring.
This week the Traveler’s Lynn Riddick speaks with park wildlife biologist Tania Lewis, whose research team is evaluating coastal wolf diets. Their goals are to identify different wolf packs and the shoreline areas important to them for feeding and reproduction. With annual visitation to Glacier Bay approaching 550,000, the team’s work will be instrumental in determining whether those areas should be protected from unnecessary human disturbance.
:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
:47 Otter Point - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
1:09 The Everglades Foundation
1:20 Interior Federal Credit Union
1:38 Friends of Acadia
2:03 Potrero Group
2:33 Glacier Bay National Park wolf diets with Lynn Riddick and National Park Service biologist Tania Lewis.
19:42 Wonder Lake - Various Artists - The Spirit of Alaska
19:55 Traveler Promo
20:07 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
20:35 Washington’s National Park Fund
21:08 Great Smoky Mountains Association
21:28 Yosemite Conservancy
21:50 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
22:20 Glacier Bay Wolf Diets with Lynn Riddick Continues
41:33 Kenai Fjords - Various Artists - The Spirit of Alaska
42:27 Episode Closing
42:47 Orange Tree Productions
43:20 Splitbeard Productions
43:31 National Parks Traveler footer
- By Jess Repanshek - March 26th, 2023 7:00am
