Author: Robert M. LinnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Proceedings of the First Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 9-12, 1976
Author: Robert M. LinnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... Conference on Scientific Research in the National Parks. --
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
A Beast the Color of Winter
Author: Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803264212
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"In North America there is one large animal that belongs almost entirely to the realm of towering rock and unmelting snow. Pressing hard against the upper limit of life's possibilities, it exists higher and steeper throughout the year than any other big beast on the continent. It is possibly the best and most complete mountaineer that ever existed on any continent. Oreamnos americanus is its scientific name. Its common name is mountain goat." Resourceful, belligerent, and unbelievably sure-footed, the mountain goat is a white-coated survivor from the Ice Age. Oreamnos americanus shares its dizzying alpine world with elk, eagles, bighorn sheep, and grizzlies. This first full-length book on the mountain goat offers a superbly written portrait of its life, habits, and environment. Douglas H. Chadwick tracked mountain goat herds for seven years, and his observations are richly textured and replete with fascinating and dramatic details. We learn of the mountain goats' lives from birth to adulthood, their feeding habits, unique social behavior and courtship rituals, and their long history. Chadwick also makes clear the troubling and escalating impact of the modern world on the mountain goat's wilderness home. This Bison Books edition features a new introduction by the author.
The Great Basin Naturalist
Author: Nez Perce, Payette, Bitterroot and Salmon-Challis National Forests (N.F.), Salmon River Canyon Project
Author: Wildlife Research and Management in the National Parks
Author: R. Gerald WrightPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252018244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
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.
An Index Bibliography of Wildlife Research in the U.S. National Parks
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Pamphlets on Forestry. Fish and Game
Author: The American Midland Naturalist
Author: The Wild Mammals of Montana
Author: Kerry Ryan ForesmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mammals
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description