Pioneering Conservation in Alaska / Ken Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Ken, 1937-

Contributor:

Knowledge Unlatched, funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National parks and reserves--Alaska--History.

National parks and reserves.

Wildlife refuges--Alaska--History.

Wildlife refuges.

Indians of North America--Hunting--Alaska.

Indians of North America.

Naturalists--Alaska--History.

Naturalists.

Wildlife management--Alaska--History.

Wildlife management.

Wildlife conservation--Alaska--History.

Wildlife conservation.

Nature conservation--Alaska--History.

Nature conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 540 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

University Press of Colorado 2006

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Designed as a companion to his "Environmental Conflict in Alaska" (2001), which presented the environmental issues of Alaska's statehood period, the newest study by Ross provides an in-depth view of the resource management controversies in Alaska up to statehood in 1958. Ross's chapters on predator control, when wildlife managers offered bounties not just for wolves but for eagles, and another on attempted translocations of ungulates, reveal astounding efforts to manipulate ecosystems. Especially useful is his history of the successful efforts to preserve the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." CHOICE Magazine.

Contents:

Part I. Early naturalists and wildlife exploitation

1. Sea otters and scientists

2. Fur seal's friend: Henry W. Elliott

3. Wake of the whalers

4. John Muir and the land

5. The Boone and Crockett club: George Bird Grinnell, Madison Grant, William T. Hornaday, Charles H. Townsend, Charles Sheldon

6. Charles Sheldon and Mt. McKinley National Park

7. Robert F. Griggs and Katmai National Monument

8. John Muir, William S. Cooper, and Glacier Bay National Monument

9. Alaska Natives and conservation

part II. Wildlife and wildlife managers

10. Bureau of Biological Survey Chiefs: C. Hart Merriam, Edward W. Nelson, Ira N. Gabrielson

11. Alaskan wildlife managers: Frank Dufresne, Clarence Rhode, Jim Brooks, Jim King

12. Grizzly bears in politics

13. Frontier justice: predator control

14. Game and fur mammals

15. Journey of the salmon

16. Gold and oil on the Kenai

17. Bob Marshall, Olaus and Margaret Murie, and the Arctic Refuge

18. Evolution of conservation values.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-513) and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

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ISBN:

9780870819186

0870819186

9781607327141

1607327147

9781607326137

1607326132

OCLC:

1103701266