Working for Wildlife : : The Beginning of Preservation in Canada / / Janet Foster.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Foster, Janet,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hammond, Lorne.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.)

Twenty years ago, Working for Wildlife was published to wide acclaim. It remains the definitive history of the beginnings of wildlife consciousness in Canada.When Banff National Park was established by the federal government in the late 1880s, wildlife protection was not a top priority. By 1922, however, the government had hosted the first Dominion-Provincial Conference on Wild Life Protection, and wildlife preservation had become part of established government policy. Janet Foster shows how, in the early decades of this century, a small band of dedicated civil servants transformed their own goals of preserving endangered animals into active government policy. Today, the names of these individuals are scarcely known to most Canadians. Yet it was their commitment and dedication that charted the course of today's ecological movement. This new edition of Foster's important book will be welcomed by students of environmental studies, geography, and Canadian history, as well as by members of naturalist clubs and conservation societies. Lorne Hammond's new material places the book in context and provides readers with a sense of what has happened in the field since.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the 1978 Edition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Parks, Resources, and the Role of Wildlife -- 3. Preservation: The Beginning of an Idea -- 4. Towards Better Administration -- 5. Taking the Initiative -- 6. Protecting an International Resource -- 7. New Responsibilities -- 8. The Sanctuary Idea Broadened -- 9. Wildlife Conservation Comes of Age -- 10. Epilogue -- Appendix: The Migratory Birds Convention Act -- Notes -- Note on Sources, 1978 Edition -- Bibliography, 1978 Edition -- Afterword to the Second Edition, with an Update on Sources -- Index