ABCs of Sustainability: K - Keystone Species 🐺 Some species hold entire ecosystems together — and when they disappear, everything else starts to unravel. From wolves in Yellowstone restoring forests and riverbanks to beavers creating wetlands that support hundreds of other species, keystone species show just how connected nature really is. Follow along for more of the ABC’s of Sustainability! #ABCsofSustainability #keystonespecies #yellowstone | Sustainability Matters

People actively hunt wolves to protect their livestock. But in some places wolves are being hunted towards extinction. Wolves are a critical keystone species in a healthy ecosystem. By regulating prey populations, wolves enable many other species of plants and animals to flourish. Without predators, such as wolves, the system fails to support a natural level of biodiversity. Just like beavers, wolves aide the ability for the forests and grasses to grow and water to accumulate. Wolves are importa