by Frederic H. Wagner, Ronald Foresta, Richard Bruce Gill, Dale Richard McCullough, Michael R. Pelton, William F. Porter and Hal Salwasser
Island Press, 1995 eISBN: 978-1-59726-246-0 | Paper: 978-1-55963-405-2 | Cloth: 978-1-55963-404-5 Library of Congress Classification SK361.W53 1995 Dewey Decimal Classification 333.9540973
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
This volume presents the results of a five-year study of wildlife-management policies in national parks. It synthesizes interviews with individuals inside and outside the National Park Service, provides a comprehensive review of published and unpublished literature, and draws on the collective experience of the authors with various units of the system over the past three decades. Among the topics examined are:
the structure and history of the National Park System and Service
wildlife "problems" in the parks
the role of science in formulating policies and in management
recommendations for changes in policy formulation, management, and scientific research procedures
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Frederic H. Wagner is professor of fisheries and wildlife, director of the Ecology Center, and associate dean of the College of Natural Resources, at Utah State University, Logan. Before moving to Utah he served as wildlife research biologist for the Wisconsin Conservation Department. Since relocating, his research has focused on ecology of animal populations and arid lands. He has served as director of the US International Biological Program's Desert Biome Project, and has been involved with a number of western public policy issues, particularly with the role of science in policy formation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1, Professional Review of a Great System
Chapter 2. Natural-resources Values, Goals, and Policies of the System
Chapter 3. Wildlife ''Problems'' in the Parks
Chapter 4. Constraints on Attainment of Natural-Resources Goals
Chapter 5. Science Administration For and In the System
Chapter 6. Ecological Terms and Concepts that Influence Policy Directions
Chapter 7. Future Directions
Literature Cited
Index
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