Like wolf restoration activities in the West, the proposal to reintroduce wolves into the Adirondacks has generated intense public debate. The idea of returning top predators to settled landscapes raises complicated questions on issues ranging from property rights to wildlife management to obligations to present and future generations. "Wolves and Human Communities" brings together leading thinkers and writers from diverse fields - including Timothy Clark, Daniel Kemmis, L. David Mech, Mary Midgley, Ernest Patridge, Steward T.A. Pickett, Joseph Sax, Ridger Schlickeisen and others - to address the complex ethical, biological, legal and political concerns surrounding wolf reintroduction. Contributors specifically explore the social, cultural and ecological values that come into play as they examine: the views of stakeholders in the Adirondack decision; historical trends in public perception of restoration; the legal and policy context for species preservation, and the challenges to the current system of property law; biological and political lessons learned from Yellowstone, Isle Royale and the Great Lakes states; and the meaning of wildness, both in ourselves and the wolf. The final chapter by Niles Eldredge takes the point of view of evolutionary time and ecological scale, challenging us to develop a new consciousness regarding our position in the natural world. "Wolves and Human Communities" offers an examination of interactions between human and wild communities, and represents a useful contribution to debates over species reintroduction for policymakers, researchers, ecologists, sociologists, lawyers, ethicists, philosophers and local residents.
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This review is from: Wolves and Human Communities: Biology, Politics, and Ethics (Paperback)
Wolves And Human Communities: Biology, Politics, And Ethics is a compendium of informative commentary by leading contributors and experts in the field of wolf restoration activities in the American west. These essays address complex ethical, biological, legal, and political concerns surrounding wolf reintroduction. The contributors specifically comment on the social, cultural, and ecological values that are a part of the on-going national debate. Specially addressed are the views of stakeholders in the Adirondack decision; historical trends in public perception of wolf restoration; the legal and policy context for species preservation; biological and political lessons gleaned from the Yellowstone, Isle Royal, and Great Lakes states wolf restoration experiments; and the meaning of wilderness in both humans the wolves. Wolves And Human Communities is a seminal, significant, highly recommended contribution that will be greatly appreciated by environmental and animal rights activists, ecologists, as well as wolf population and habitat restorationists.
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An excellent book for those interested not only in wolf conservation, but for those interested in the ongoing debate over the role of humans in the natural community. The various authors each bring in uniqe perspectives and ideas about what should and should not be human responsibilites towards shaping the ecosystems we live in. I was impressed with the great variety of opinions and ideas that are in this book regarding wolf conservation. This book definitely made me think about my ethical, social, and political values and will no doubt continue to help shape these values in the future when I re-read the essays in here.
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My observations are those of a practical politician who is increasingly challenged by but optimistic about our ability to deal with complex wildlife restoration issues. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fair savings rate, biological bequest, wolf restoration, wolf conference, transformational economy, wolf advocates, wolf reintroduction, wolf recovery, introducing wolves, restoring wolves, reintroduce wolves, human sustainability, wolf opponents, eastern timber wolf, wolf biology, wolf depredation, lupus lycaon, wolf subspecies, reintroduced wolves, eastern coyote, wolf predation, proposed reintroduction, carnivore conservation, livestock predation, contributory values Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Adirondack Park, United States, New England, Penn Central, Isle Royale, Environmental Conservation Law, Endangered Species Act, Great Lakes, Yellowstone National Park, Defenders of Wildlife, Aldo Leopold, Forest Preserve, North America, Supreme Court, New Hampshire, Rocky Mountain, Town of Newcomb, Yellowstone Park, Algonquin Park, State Department of Environmental Conservation, Adirondack State Park, Jim Gould, New World, William Cronon New!
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- Environmental Science by William P. Cunningham in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Environmental Science by Eldon Enger in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Animals and Their Moral Standing by Stephen R L Clark on page 190, and Back Matter
- Toward Unity among Environmentalists by Bryan G. Norton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Life in the Balance by Niles Eldredge in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Earth Around Us: Maintaining A Livable Planet by Jill Schneiderman in Front Matter
- Wolf: Legend, Enemy, Icon by Rebecca L. Grambo in Back Matter
- Rationality and the Ideology of Disconnection (Contemporary Political Theory) by Michael Taylor on page 111
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