In 2018, the U.S. National Park Service announced a controversial plan to translocate 20−30 gray wolves (Canis lupus) to Isle Royale National Park to increase genetic diversity and ultimately the dwindling wolf population. Media were restricted physical access during the translocations, citing safety concerns for the wolves and management team, as well as logistical challenges because of the remoteness of the park. Given these restrictions, we used interviews and quantitative analyses of news stories and press releases to examine what communication strategies the National Park Service and its partners deployed and how access restriction affected the way news outlets covered the events. By identifying source diversity groups, we found U.S. government sources were predominately featured with few other source types included, and that coverage heavily relied on press release information. We discuss the implications of this communication strategy and potential consequences for access restrictions when covering divisive events in remote locations.

在2018年，美国国家公园管理局宣布了一项有争议的计划易位20-30灰狼（狼）到皇家岛国家公园（Isle Royale National Park）以增加遗传多样性，并最终减少狼群。在迁移过程中，媒体被限制了物理访问，理由是狼和管理团队的安全隐患以及公园的偏僻给后勤带来了挑战。考虑到这些限制，我们对新闻报道和新闻稿进行了采访和定量分析，以检查国家公园管理局及其合作伙伴采用的沟通策略以及访问限制如何影响新闻媒体报道事件的方式。通过确定来源的多样性群体，我们发现美国政府的来源主要是特色，其中包括其他几种来源，而且报道的范围严重依赖于新闻稿信息。