The Importance of Riparian Habitats

A riparian habitat is an area where a river meets land. In Yellowstone, the elk no longer had the wolves killing them. So they just grazed the fuck out of all the river beds and killed the riparian area. And they did this because the river needed trees. There were parts of the river that required cover by trees to create shade. Now the trees are gone because the fucking elk are eating them all. Also now because the water is too hot, not only do the fish who live in that water, not only can they not survive, but the plants that provide oxygen for the water, they now disappear too.