A Passion for Wildlife: The History of the Canadian Wildlife Service - Softcover

Burnett, J. Alexander

9780774809610: A Passion for Wildlife: The History of the Canadian Wildlife Service

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774809612 ISBN 13: 9780774809610

Publisher: UBC Press, 2003

A Passion for Wildlife chronicles the history of the Canadian Wildlife Service and the evolution of Canadian wildlife policy over its first half century. It presents the exploits and accomplishments of a group of men and women whose dedication to the ideals of science, conservation, and a shared vision of Canada as a country that treasures its natural heritage has earned them the respect of their profession around the world.

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Review:

The Canadian Wildlife Service story is full of achievements, and peopled with scientists, biologists, government administrators, wildlife technicians, and field workers who have dedicated their lives -- and their passions -- to the better understanding and promotion of wildlife in Canada. Since its beginning in 1947, the Canadian Wildlife Service has provided the federal government with the kind of knowledge and science-based research that we have needed to protect our wildlife heritage. And it has enjoyed keen public interest. Indeed, there are few Canadians today, young or old, whose lives have not been touched in some way by the Canadian Wildlife Service. Author: Janet Foster, from the foreword

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Burnett’s institutional history of the CWS, ‘one of Canada’s most important and valuable cultural institutions,’ is timely, and useful for environmental historians and anyone interested in wildlife policy in Canada ... Despite the large amount of complex information the book needs to convey as the first history of the CWS, Burnett is to be commended for introducing readers to some of the committed individuals, professionals who worked for the service ‘who actually care about wildlife in Canada. Author: Laurel Sefton MacDowell, University of Toronto Quarterly, Winter 2004/05

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