Knowing Yellowstone
Title | Knowing Yellowstone PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry Johnson |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 185 |
Release | 2010-06-16 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1589795229 |
Visitors to Yellowstone National Park are drawn to the spectacular scenery, unique thermal features, and the large numbers of wild animals easily observed in their natural habitat. The thoughtful visitor to the park cannot help but be captivated by the unparalleled breadth of scientific knowledge needed to understand the intricate interrelationships that make up the yellowstone landscape. Knowing Yellowstone explores how scientists discover what they know about America's first national park and the surrounding lands. The chapter authors are scientists who represent the best of their fields of study. The science they describe is leading the way to our understanding of complex ecosystems worldwide.
Everybody Needs a Rock
Title | Everybody Needs a Rock PDF eBook |
Author | Byrd Baylor |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2011-08-16 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442408111 |
Everybody needs a rock -- at least that's the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you.
Before Yellowstone
Title | Before Yellowstone PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas H. MacDonald |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2018-02-02 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0295742216 |
Since 1872, visitors have flocked to Yellowstone National Park to gaze in awe at its dramatic geysers, stunning mountains, and impressive wildlife. Yet more than a century of archaeological research shows that the wild landscape has a long history of human presence. In fact, Native American people have hunted bison and bighorn sheep, fished for cutthroat trout, and gathered bitterroot and camas bulbs here for at least 11,000 years, and twenty-six tribes claim cultural association with Yellowstone today. In Before Yellowstone, Douglas MacDonald tells the story of these early people as revealed by archaeological research into nearly 2,000 sites—many of which he helped survey and excavate. He describes and explains the significance of archaeological areas such as the easy-to-visit Obsidian Cliff, where hunters obtained volcanic rock to make tools and for trade, and Yellowstone Lake, a traditional place for gathering edible plants. MacDonald helps readers understand the archaeological methods used and the limits of archaeological knowledge. From Clovis points associated with mammoth hunting to stone circles marking the sites of tipi lodges, Before Yellowstone brings to life a fascinating story of human engagement with this stunning landscape.
Searching for Yellowstone
Title | Searching for Yellowstone PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Schullery |
Publisher | Montana Historical Society |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780972152211 |
Schullery's book details the ecological history of Yellowstone National Park.
Bring Jade Home
Title | Bring Jade Home PDF eBook |
Author | Michelle Caffrey |
Publisher | Farcountry Press |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2018-06-12 |
Genre | Pets |
ISBN | 1560377356 |
Imagine your dog, suddenly lost in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. Alone. At night. Surrounded by wolves and grizzly bears. Day after day, week after week. How far would you go to find your dog? Time is running out. Predators. Frigid nights. A dangerous landscape. Starvation. Bring Jade Home is the gripping true story of Jade, a young Australian shepherd, who disappears into Yellowstone's wilderness after a horrific car wreck. Despite their injuries and against doctor's orders, her owners David and Laura leave the Trauma Center to begin a desperate search - can they find Jade before it's too late? The perfect read for dog lovers and wilderness enthusiasts alike, Bring Jade Home is the heartwarming tale of the owners, park employees, and huge search effort to bring Jade home. This story will melt your heart and renew your faith in dogs - and people.
Preserving Yellowstone's Natural Conditions
Title | Preserving Yellowstone's Natural Conditions PDF eBook |
Author | James A. Pritchard |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 625 |
Release | 2022-10-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1496234251 |
Preserving Yellowstone's Natural Conditions describes in fascinating detail the historical origins and development of wildlife management in Yellowstone National Park, alongside shifting understandings of nature in science and culture. James A. Pritchard traces the idea of "natural conditions" through time, from the introduction of this concept by early ecologists in the 1930s. He tells several overlooked stories of Yellowstone wildlife, including a sensational scientific hunt for bears with bow and arrow, and the episode of the predator pelicans, which facilitated a fundamental shift toward protection of all wildlife in Yellowstone, and for the National Park Service as a whole. A prolonged debate regarding the elk herd on Yellowstone's northern range is addressed, along with the origins of the notion of natural regulation, and the reasons for ending direct reductions of elk. This story emphasizes how ecological science came to Yellowstone and to the National Park Service, subsequently developing over a period of decades. In the new afterword to this book Pritchard summarizes recent developments in wildlife science and management--such as the "ecology of fear" and trophic cascades--and discusses historical continuities in the role of the park as a wildlife refuge and the inestimable values of the park for wildlife conservation.
Ensuring Greater Yellowstone's Future
Title | Ensuring Greater Yellowstone's Future PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Gail Clark |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2008-10-01 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0300145039 |
Drawing on extensive conservation experience in the greater Yellowstone region, Susan G. Clark outlines the leadership and policy issues associated with managing greater Yellowstone's natural resources and asseses the successes and failures of those who have worked there toward sustainability over the past 40 years.