Pioneering Conservation in Alaska
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: December 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780870818523
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; History - U.S; History; History: American; Alaska; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; United States - State & Local - West; Wildlife; History - General History; Nature conservation; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife management
Description: "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