Unlike Rocky Mountain National Park where elk numbers are out of control, Yellowstone's elk population is balanced by the return of a top predator—the Timber Wolf [September; Swan Flats, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]
![Unlike Rocky Mountain National Park where elk numbers are out of control, Yellowstone's elk population is balanced by the return of a top predator—the Timber Wolf [September; Swan Flats, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]](https://photos.smugmug.com/MAMMALS/Deer-Moose/Elk/i-pqTtrVn/0/2e576e46/M/Elk%20bull%20backlit%20Swan%20Flats%20Yellowstone%20WY%20282_8260-M.jpg)
![Unlike Rocky Mountain National Park where elk numbers are out of control, Yellowstone's elk population is balanced by the return of a top predator—the Timber Wolf [September; Swan Flats, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]](https://photos.smugmug.com/MAMMALS/Deer-Moose/Elk/i-J5kHXD4/0/78e8accf/S/Elk%20at%20dawn%20Yellowstone%20WY%20282_8269-S.jpg)
![Unlike Rocky Mountain National Park where elk numbers are out of control, Yellowstone's elk population is balanced by the return of a top predator—the Timber Wolf [September; Swan Flats, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming]](https://photos.smugmug.com/MAMMALS/Deer-Moose/Elk/i-SssXQ4z/0/c470b291/S/Elk%20bull%20backlit%20Swan%20Flats%20Yellowstone%20WY%20282_8269-S.jpg)