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          A National Geographic article on Durward Allen’s Isle Royale Wolf and Moose Research Project caught the attention of a young Rolf Peterson.

          The project, which began in 1958, was proposed to be a 10-year study, meaning Peterson would just miss being a part of it as he graduated from Minnesota-Duluth with a degree in zoology in 1970.

           As fate would have it, Allen decided to continue the project past 10 years and was in search of a graduate student.

          Peterson saw the news on a TV documentary about wolves and the rest is history.

           “I had been aware of the Isle Royale study,” Peterson recalls.

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          “It was billed to be a 10-year study, so I thought it was over in 1968. That was according to a National Geographic, so of course it was true, right? But actually, Durward just threw that out there initially as a goal and by the 10-year mark he realized they were just really getting their feet wet in a lot of things, so unbeknownst to me he decided to p