Should the wolf be reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park? Should hunting of "overabundant" deer and elk be permitted in some parks? How should grizzly bears be managed in frequently visited areas? Are mountain goats to be eliminated from Olympic National Park? R. Gerald Wright probes these and other issues of public interest in this exploration of the unique role national parks have played in the protection, study, and management of animal life. Controversy has often surrounded wildlife management, primarily when societal attitudes toward specific animals do not mesh with Park Service practices. Those practices are influenced by the public as well as by the evolution of a program of scientific study in the national parks. As park environments are increasingly threatened by growing numbers of visitors, outside land-use changes, and pollution, it is more important than ever that scientific knowledge, administrative willingness, and public support combine to help create the policies necessary for appropriate management and protection of park resources. Wright traces the history of wildlife management in the U.S. national parks, bringing together a diversity of literature and previously unpublished information that will be of concern to wildlife and land-management specialists, conservationists, and all those interested in our national parks.
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In 1900 there were fourteen national parks, monuments, and military parks in the United States administered by the Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and War. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alien species control, wildlife conditions, elk numbers, bear management, feral burros, wolf reintroduction, western parks, wolf recovery, park visitation, ungulate populations, park resources, northern herd, bear incidents, ungulate species, wolf predation, public hunting, park animals, bear research, pig populations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rocky Mountain, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Isle Royale, Grand Canyon, Jackson Hole, United States, Wildlife Division, Hawaii Volcanoes, Big Cypress, Olympic National Park, World War, Leopold Report, North Carolina, Forest Service, Cades Cove, George Wright, Great Smokies, National Elk Refuge, Special Advisory Board, Yellowstone Lake, Crater Lake, Department of the Interior, New Mexico, North America New!
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alien species control, wildlife conditions, elk numbers, bear management, feral burros, wolf reintroduction, western parks, wolf recovery, park visitation, ungulate populations, park resources, northern herd, bear incidents, ungulate species, wolf predation, public hunting, park animals, bear research, pig populations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rocky Mountain, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Isle Royale, Grand Canyon, Jackson Hole, United States, Wildlife Division, Hawaii Volcanoes, Big Cypress, Olympic National Park, World War, Leopold Report, North Carolina, Forest Service, Cades Cove, George Wright, Great Smokies, National Elk Refuge, Special Advisory Board, Yellowstone Lake, Crater Lake, Department of the Interior, New Mexico, North America New!
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- Great Smoky Mountains (Natural Wonders) by Jason Cooper in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Annual Report 2004 by Social Science Research Unit on page 143, and Back Matter
- Grand Canyon (This beautiful world, v. 23) by Paul C. Johnson on page 96, and page 98
- Death Valley (Natural Wonders) by Jason Cooper in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- National Park Service: The Story Behind the Scenery by Horace M. Albright in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- To Save the Wild Bison: Life on the Edge in Yellowstone by Mary Ann Franke in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Across the Great Border Fault: The Naturalist Myth in America by Kevin Dann in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Yellowstone Fishes by John D. Varley on page 143
- An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature by Craig E. Colten in Back Matter
- Wildlife Policies in the U.S. National Parks by Frederic H. Wagner in Back Matter
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