I usually see wolf spiders on the ground, this small wolf (about 3/8″ from head to tip of abdomen) was crawling about on goldenrod next to the Wetlands, sending silk airborne to be caught up somewhere, and presumably anchored there.

The silk never made it very far. It kept getting caught up on people as they walked by on the path.

Any comments as to species, or exactly what this spider was doing?