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The environment desk at Aspen Public Radio covers issues in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout the state of Colorado including water use and quality, impact of recreation, population growth and oil and gas development. APR’s Environment Reporter is Elizabeth Stewart-Severy.

'Wisdom of Wolves' authors share stories

Jim and Jamie Dutcher/National Geographic

National Geographic photojournalists Jim and Jamie Dutcher’s exhibit “Living With Wolves” has been on display at the Aspen airport all winter. They now bring their new book “The Wisdom of Wolves” to Explore Booksellers on Monday.

 

Jim and Jamie Dutcher have spent nearly 30 years studying and photographing wolves, including six years living alongside a wolf pack in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho. Their new book includes lessons from that time, as well as stories from wolf researchers across the Northern Rockies.

Jamie Dutcher explained that the common narrative surrounding the animals can be misleading.

“They are top predators, and we really have to respect them for that, but at the same time, I think we misunderstand what wolves are really about,” she said.

Family is what truly drives wolf behavior, the Dutchers say. Each chapter of the new book focuses on a particular element of the social lives of wolves, like respecting elders or the importance of play.

 

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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