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Keepers of the Wolves: The Early Years of Wolf Recovery in Wisconsin
Richard P. Thiel
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Paperback. In this text, Richard P. Thiel tells the tale of his ten years at the centre of efforts to track and protect the recovery of wolves in Northern Wisconsin. The book conveys the wonder, frustrations, humour and hard work of field biologists, as well as the politics that accompanies their profession. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photographs, 21 line drawings, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; PSVP; RNKH; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
It was 1978, and there had been no resident timber wolves in Wisconsin for twenty years. Still, packs were active in neighboring Minnesota, and there was the occasional rumor from Wisconsin's northwestern countries of wolf sign or sightings. Had wolves returned on their own to Wisconsin? Dick Thiel, then a college student with a passion for wolves, was determined to find out. Thus begins Keepers of the Wolves, Thiel's tale of his ten years at the center of efforts to track and protect the recovery of wolves in Northern Wisconsin. From his early efforts as a student enthusiast to his ... Read more
It was 1978, and there had been no resident timber wolves in Wisconsin for twenty years. Still, packs were active in neighboring Minnesota, and there was the occasional rumor from Wisconsin's northwestern countries of wolf sign or sightings. Had wolves returned on their own to Wisconsin? Dick Thiel, then a college student with a passion for wolves, was determined to find out. Thus begins Keepers of the Wolves, Thiel's tale of his ten years at the center of efforts to track and protect the recovery of wolves in Northern Wisconsin. From his early efforts as a student enthusiast to his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299174743
SKU
V9780299174743
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About Richard P. Thiel
Richard P. Thiel is coordinator of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center in Babcock, Wisconsin. He was team chairman for Wisconsin's wolf recovery plan in the late 1980s. He is the author of The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin, a history of wolf extermination in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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