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The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood are classic children's fairy tales, but the tale of the Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf is real. Wolves are predators, and in 1914, the United States Congress huffed and puffed and approved the funding to destroy the wolves. Government bounty hunters helped ranchers protect their livestock by killing the wolves. Sixty years later the Gray Wolf was listed as endangered. In 1973, Congress enacted the Endangered Species Act, and the Wolf Recovery Program was started to reintroduce the Gray Wolf to its natural habitat. Currently about 160 wolves have been reintroduced to central Idaho and Yellowstone National Park. But this story does not have a fairy tale ending. Fearing for their livestock, the ranchers filed a lawsuit, and in December 1997, U.S. District Judge William Downes ruled that all the wolves and their offspring must be removed. Performance Task Your task will be to analyze the Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf problem, and draw your own conclusion to the following question. Should the wolves in Yellowstone National Park be removed? Remember that there is no right or wrong answer. The Gray Wolf issue is complex. You will be assessed on how you support your conclusion and communicate effectively. Government, environmental, and agricultural leaders can't seem to solve the issue. Maybe they need to see it through the eyes of a student. The Process You will be working together in a small group of 3 to 6 students. As an individual member of your group, you will be called on to explore several Web pages. You will be the expert, and your group will be counting on you to provide a clear explanation of your portion of the information. As a group, your job will be to: Step 1 - Investigate Wolf Behavior Assign each group member one of the Web pages below. It's ok if more than one student reads an article. After exploring the Web pages individually, get back together in your group and answer the questions below. 1. Describe each type of howl. 2. Identify two ways that humans communicate with their pack. 3. How do wolves help the environment? 4. Why is it important that the wolves be reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park? 5. Explain why wolves are considered predators. 6. Why do wolves kill sheep and other livestock? 7. How is family life for a wolf similar to that of a human? 8. Craft one additional question for each article, and answer it. Please avoid yes or no type questions.

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