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pp. xiv, (2), 325, “A century ago, nearly all Americans agreed that the fewer wolves, the better. Now many people ardently defend wolves for ecological, ethical, spiritual, and symbolic reasons. Changing Tracks chronicles the issue that helped reshape our views toward predators. The wolf-sheep controversy in Mt. McKinley (Denali) National Park, Alaska, had a profound impact on the evolving definition of National Park Service policy and still echoes in today’s discussions of wildlife management. In the 1930s, the Park Service began to question the existing purpose of parks as game refuges. Wolves had been extirpated in other parks, but when the service stopped killing them in McKinley, concern for the declining Dall sheep population aroused antiwolf sentiment. The ensuing argument over park wildlife policy lasted more than twenty years, as Alaskans and the nation’s sportsmen urged vigorous wolf control rather than letting a natural balance prevail in the park.”
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| ISBN | 1889963526 | |
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| Published Date | 2001 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hard Cover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A. | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | Natural History | |
| Author: | Timothy Rawson | |
| Publisher: | Univ of Alaska Pr |
pp. xiv, (2), 325, “A century ago, nearly all Americans agreed that the fewer wolves, the better. Now many people ardently defend wolves for ecological, ethical, spiritual, and symbolic reasons. Changing Tracks chronicles the issue that helped reshape our views toward predators. The wolf-sheep controversy in Mt. McKinley (Denali) National Park, Alaska, had a profound impact on the evolving definition of National Park Service policy and still echoes in today’s discussions of wildlife management. In the 1930s, the Park Service began to question the existing purpose of parks as game refuges. Wolves had been extirpated in other parks, but when the service stopped killing them in McKinley, concern for the declining Dall sheep population aroused antiwolf sentiment. The ensuing argument over park wildlife policy lasted more than twenty years, as Alaskans and the nation’s sportsmen urged vigorous wolf control rather than letting a natural balance prevail in the park.”
| Weight | 0.85 kg |
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