Umfang:
xv, 254 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9780226824949
Inhalt:
"In 1927, at the age of twenty-three, George Meléndez Wright conceptualized and eventually funded the first wildlife survey of western National Parks, radically changing how the National Park Service (NPS) would manage natural resources under its charge. By the time Wright arrived in Yosemite National Park to work as a ranger naturalist-the first Hispanic person to occupy a professional position in the NPS-he had already visited every national park in the Western United States. At a time when national parks routinely fed bears garbage as part of "shows" and killed "bad" predators such as wolves and coyotes, Wright's new ideas for conservation set the stage for modern scientific management of parks and other public lands. Before his revolutionary ideas began to influence Park Service policy, however, Wright faced persistent pushback by an entrenched culture that disregarded wildlife apart from the role that fauna played as a tourist attraction. Nonetheless, he prevailed. Wright died tragically in a car accident in 1936, while working to establish parks and wildlife refuges on the US-Mexico border, and yet, to this day, he remains a celebrated figure among conservationists, wildlife experts, and park managers. Jerry Emory, a writer connected to Wright's family, draws on hundreds of letters, field notes, interviews, and other primary documents to offer both a biography of Wright and a historical account of a crucial period in the evolution of our parks. Including a foreword by former National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis, the book explores and celebrates Wright's vision for science-based wildlife management and his vocal support of wilderness in our parks and asks if current practices have achieved his goals"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preface: Field Notes and Family -- Prologue: Serendipity -- The Magic Window -- University of California, Berkeley -- Summers: Alaska and the West -- Yosemite: Dream Achieved, 1927-29 -- Am I Visionary, or Just Crazy? -- Beginnings: The Wildlife Survey, 1930 -- The Intangible Beauty of Nature, 1931-33 -- New Deal, Old Problems -- Outstanding Men -- It Looks Like a Resurrection -- Chapo -- Legacy -- Epilogue: On a Good Day.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780226824956
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Wright, George M. 1904-1936
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Biografie
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