Pioneering Conservation in Alaska / Ken Ross.

• Author: Ross, Ken, 1937-
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder, Colo. : : University Press of Colorado,, 2006.; ©2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 540 pages) :; illustrations (black and white), maps; digital, PDF file(s).

"Designed as a companion to his "Environmental Conflict in Alaska" (2001), which presented the environmental issues of Alaska's statehood period, the newest study by Ross provides an in-depth view of the resource management controversies in Alaska up to statehood in 1958. Ross's chapters on predator control, when wildlife managers offered bounties not just for wolves but for eagles, and another on attempted translocations of ungulates, reveal astounding efforts to manipulate ecosystems. Especially useful is his history of the successful efforts to preserve the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." CHOICE Magazine.

Table of Contents

Part I. Early naturalists and wildlife exploitation --1. Sea otters and scientists --2. Fur seal's friend: Henry W. Elliott --3. Wake of the whalers --4. John Muir and the land --5. The Boone and Crockett club: George Bird Grinnell, Madison Grant, William T. Hornaday, Charles H. Townsend, Charles Sheldon --6. Charles Sheldon and Mt. McKinley National Park --7. Robert F. Griggs and Katmai National Monument --8. John Muir, William S. Cooper, and Glacier Bay National Monument --9. Alaska Natives and conservation --part II. Wildlife and wildlife managers --10. Bureau of Biological Survey Chiefs: C. Hart Merriam, Edward W. Nelson, Ira N. Gabrielson --11. Alaskan wildlife managers: Frank Dufresne, Clarence Rhode, Jim Brooks, Jim King --12. Grizzly bears in politics --13. Frontier justice: predator control --14. Game and fur mammals --15. Journey of the salmon --16. Gold and oil on the Kenai --17. Bob Marshall, Olaus and Margaret Murie, and the Arctic Refuge --18. Evolution of conservation values.