Yellowstone Wolves: A Chronicle of the Animal, the People and the Politics: A Chronicle of the Animal, the People & the Politics - Softcover

Urbigkit., Cat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 093992370X ISBN 13: 9780939923700

Publisher: McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US, 2008

Synopsis

Journalist Urbigkit and many other concerned citizens questioned why authorities planned to release Canadian wolves into Yellowstone National Park and in central Idaho, where these non-native animals would compete with the rapidly dwindling native stock. Urbigkit eventually became a co-litigant in a suit against the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the 1990s that sought to protect native wolves and prevent the introduction of the Canadian wolves. Providing a close look at what is still one of the most visible and contentious wildlife management debates in the American West, Urbigkit gives details about the persecution of native Rocky Mountains wolves and the attempts to save them, the leaders of both sides of the debate over the release of the Canadian wolves, and the tensions that inevitably arise when diverse interests battle over human attempts to conduct experiments with native and non-native species of wildlife. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews)

About this title

Synopsis:

This book provides a unique perspective on what is one of the most visible and contentious wildlife management experiments taking place in the American West today. It is a review of the discovery, persecution, and possible survival of the native wolves of the northern Rocky Mountains of the United States; it is a detailed chronicle of the debate over the legality and propriety of introducing wolves from Canada into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho during the mid-1990s; and it is an account of the spread of the released Canadian wolves from Yellowstone and central Idaho into surrounding areas and the tensions created by these movements.Most of all, "Yellowstone Wolves" is a passionate and fact-filled illustration of the raging interplay that can develop among the many diverse interests that vest in experiments of this type. Insights gained from the book will be of value for dealing with innumerable other issues, environmental and beyond, where multiple perspectives converge, conflict, and demand and deserve sober, intelligent, and candid resolution. The Foreword by Ronald M.Nowak provides authoritative context for understanding the broader significance of endangered species management and the record, and trends, of the United States in managing the nations biological diversity and adhering to the mandates of the Endangered Species Act.

About this edition

• Publisher: McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 093992370X
• ISBN 13: 9780939923700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350