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Yellowstone and the Smithsonian
Diane Smith
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Description for Yellowstone and the Smithsonian
Hardback. The book explores the early relationship between Yellowstone National Park and the Smithsonian Institution as they tried to conserve American wildlife for future generations. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In the winter of 1996–97, state and federal authorities shot or shipped to slaughter more than 1,100 Yellowstone National Park bison. Since that time, thousands more have been killed or hazed back into the park, as wildlife managers struggle to accommodate an animal that does not recognize man-made borders.
Tensions over the hunting and preservation of the bison, an animal sacred to many Native Americans and an icon of the American West, are at least as old as the nation's first national park. Established in 1872, in part “to protect against the wanton destruction of the fish and ... Read more
In the winter of 1996–97, state and federal authorities shot or shipped to slaughter more than 1,100 Yellowstone National Park bison. Since that time, thousands more have been killed or hazed back into the park, as wildlife managers struggle to accommodate an animal that does not recognize man-made borders.
Tensions over the hunting and preservation of the bison, an animal sacred to many Native Americans and an icon of the American West, are at least as old as the nation's first national park. Established in 1872, in part “to protect against the wanton destruction of the fish and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700623884
SKU
V9780700623884
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About Diane Smith
Diane Smith is a research historian with the USDA Forest Service and the author of Pictures from an Expedition and Letters from Yellowstone. She lives in Missoula, Montana.
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