. >> if you look at elk herds, there are very healthy elk herds. they are either at or above objectives for elk. you might have times when wolves caused the kurds to decline and take hunting opportunity way from people and we have to come to whether or not that is acceptable to us as a society to have that alan's -- that balance. >> staining, coloring, or everybody wants to be the best in the world. there are a lot here in montana. many have won world titles. hunting is a big heart of our economy out here. and it has gradually gotten bad. we are competing with too many predators now. the wolves, the mountain lines and the grizzly bears. we use to do over a hundred elk a year. now we are down to around 40. and of lot of them are coming to other parts werewolves are not. that many to go around anymore. there is a place for them, but they need to be regulated like every other animal. i just feel they haven't been. it has gotten way out of control. our wolf season started 10 years ago. >> it was my interpretation that the states were not thrilled about

hike or ride among the sprawling herds of elk and bison.izzly that prowl the back country. maybe, if you're lucky, you'll see a pack of the newest residents, wolves. the top of the food chain and the most controversial. they were reintroduced to the park in 1995. doug smith is the park biologist in charge of wolves. >> we brought back wolves with the idea that we wanted to restore natural systems. how can you do that without natural predators? >> reporter: the yellowstone wolves, the call of the wild, a reminder this is not your ordinary park. >> such a beautiful place. you tell me a better way to start the fourth than tom brokaw telling you about yellowstone national park. >> i'm hoping my son was watching. that is beautiful. >> tom, thanks so much. >>> coming up, the royal baby frenzy growing now in london, could be any day. we're live there this morning. first these messages. vo: traveling you definitely end up meeting a lot more people but a friend under water is something completely different. i met a turtle friend today so, you don't

herd was started. now those were spread from the original population, which was established at owens valley to all different regions of the state and now it's really rather secure. the thing is this elk really returned home. this was an animal of the great grasslands that once filled the great central valley. today that same valley is filled with agriculture and quite literally there's no home left for this species. well the neat thing about this animal is that its decline and the decline of the great central valley is intricately linked to the decline of what is perhaps the most emblematic of all the rare species of california. and that's what it's all about, that's why you come here, to see california condors flying again in the wild. it's a miracle! that bird can have a wingspan of 10 feet. it can weigh up to 20 pounds, making it one of the largest flying birds in the world and the largest wingspan of any bird in north america. the story of it flying again here in big sur is an incredible success story and truly is a miracle of conservation. during the ice ages, condors soared over most of north america. big birds need big food and this one ate carrion - lots of it - things like m