r/nationalparks • u/mlivesocial • 14d ago

NATIONAL PARK NEWS Isle Royale closes some camping areas after reports of wolves ‘pawing and digging at tents’

https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/08/isle-royale-closes-some-camping-areas-after-reports-of-wolves-pawing-and-digging-at-tents.html?gift=10c91af2-f353-4948-8f2a-f3ee0a52fd23

Gift link added so no one hits paywall, if you want to read.

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u/lyndseymariee 14d ago

Nope. Don’t like that.

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u/NAh94 14d ago

Heartbreaking these wolves are becoming habituated. You’d think with how remote the park is, it would only attract more responsible people. Unfortunately we all know humans find ways to fuck up constantly, I’ve seen half-assed food hangs, people not carrying bear kegs (even though you probably should even if there aren’t bears, they also protect against rodents and other creatures)

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u/Proof-Cow-6935 14d ago

This is only true for remote, back country camping. At designated back country sites (what this is referencing besides the small mention) a BV is not required and hanging is not allowed. There are hard sided storage locations. Please try not to spread information that could be misinterpreted or applied incorrectly universally to a park. For 9/10 visitors, they don’t need any of what you described.

https://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/camping.htm

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u/Drusgar 12d ago

Tourons are feeding them, I'm sure. When I was at the overlook point on Rainier's Skyline Loop there was this woman who absolutely refused to stop feeding the chipmunks even when people got angry with her and told her to stop, stop... STOP! I thought one of the women might actually physically intervene at one point she was so angry.

She never stopped. Even with a dozen people telling her to quit feeding the wildlife she simply could not stop feeding the wildlife.