Importance

The importance of Yellowstone National Park extends to many areas. A challenge that continues even today is Wildlife Management and interaction with humans, as these have been key in Wildlife and Resource Management. Yellowstone experienced a large series of bush fires in June of 1988 (Henry 219). The National Parks Service didn't know what to do as they were instructed to not interfere with the park, so they let the fires rage on (Henry 219). The National Parks Service eventually agreed that if there was a fire then they would only interfere if it got out of hand. The reason being, the fire would burn the dead trees and the ash would make new ones grow (Henry 219). Starting in the late nineteenth century, the number of wolves in the park have been declining due to what hunters call predator programs (Henry 224). The point of these was to go into Yellowstone and kill as many wolves as possible (Henry 224). There was a massive problem when the wolves went extinct from Yellowstone in the early 90's, which led the National Parks Service to capture fourteen wolves (Henry 227). The preservation of both land and wildlife has made Yellowstone an important resource.