True grit: the wild wolverine (reprise)

The Wild with Chris Morgan

KUOW News and Information

Science, Nature

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

For the first time in 100 years, wolverines are back in Mount Rainier National Park. How did they get there?

In the summer of 2020, there was some big news for wildlife in the pacific northwest. In the wild spaces of Mount Rainier National Park, a female wolverine was discovered along with two babies known as kits. It is believed that these tenacious predators haven't been in the park for over a century. The wolverines were back. This is the story of the return of the wolverines and the woman who searched for 15 years to find them.

Dr Jocelyn Atkins is a wolverine biologist and founder of the Cascade Carnivore Project.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Lucy Suchkek, producer on the wild.
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0:59.0	I just wanted to let you know that we're expanding this season of the wild
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1:08.7	First there's our new series on America's National Parks coming out every three weeks.
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1:22.2	and dipping into our archives and sharing our
1:25.0	favorite shows from the past with new commentary from me. Enjoy.
1:30.1	In the summer of 2020 there was some big news for wildlife in the Pacific Northwest.
1:37.0	In the wild spaces of Mount Rainier National Park an exciting discovery, a female Wolverine and two babies called Kitz.
1:44.0	Wolverines were back. It's believed that these tenacious predators haven't been
1:49.3	in Mount Rainier National Park for over a century.
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