He was also required to conduct “wolf walks” through the woods near the visitor center, in which he discussed the role wolves played in Yellowstone’s ecosystem. To his frustration, there were no wolves in those woods nor anywhere else in the vicinity of Old Faithful; they were all still in the Northern Range. In the calculus of the Park Service, that was of little consequence. Old Faithful was where the visitors were, so this was where Rick needed to be.
