When: 12:00pm-1:00pm, 23rd March 2026
Where: Lecture Theatre 1, UNE Ecosystem Management building (W055)
The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 is one of the world’s most celebrated wildlife conservation efforts.
The University of New England (UNE) is delighted to be hosting a public talk on March 23 by a wildlife ecologist who has been involved in the project from the beginning.
In 1995, Dan McNulty was a technician involved in the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone after the predators had been absent from the park for more than 70 years. In the subsequent decades he has closely studied the Yellowstone wolf packs and their effects on wildlife and plant communities.
Now a professor at Utah State University, Dr McNulty is an expert in the unfolding ecological dynamics of Yellowstone and the implications of reintroducing top-level predators in other contexts.
At the joint invitation of UNE and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, Dr McNulty will be at UNE to talk on “Myths and Realities of how Wolves Changed Yellowstone”.
A supporter of targeted predator reintroductions to bring about positive ecological change, Dr McNulty is also an active critic of over-zealous interpretations of the ability of predator reintroductions to effect change in stable ecosystems.
His talk will consider the scientifically robust evidence for wolf-driven change in Yellowstone, and illustrate how to accurately assess and report on ecosystem recovery.
Dr McNulty’s talk is open to the public.
