Research Catalog

Title

Changing tracks : predators and politics in Mt. McKinley National Park / Timothy Rawson.

Author

Rawson, Timothy

Publication

Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2001.

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Details

Description

xiv, 326 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm.

Summary

"A century ago, nearly all Americans agreed that the fewer wolves, the better. Now many people ardently defend wolves for ecologic and symbolic reasons. Changing Tracks chronicles the issue that helped reshape our views toward predators."--Jacket.

Subject

• Wolves > Alaska > Denali National Park and Preserve > History
• Wildlife management > Government policy > History. > Alaska > Denali National Park and Preserve
• Gray wolf > Alaska > Denali National Park and Preserve > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-317) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Sheep, Sportsmen, and Mount McKinley National Park -- 2. The National Park Service and Wildlife Management -- 3. Animals and Alaskans -- 4. The Opposition to the National Park Service -- 5. Wildlife Research and Adolph Murie -- 6. The War Years -- 7. Taking the Issue to Congress -- 8. Sanctuary for Sheep and Wolves -- 9. Evaluation and Consequence.

ISBN

• 1889963526 (alk. paper)
• 1889963178 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001027190

OCLC

• 45890501
• SCSB-11594557

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library