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OverviewYellowstone National Park looks like a pristine western landscape populated by its wild inhabitants: bison, grizzly bears, and wolves. But the bison do not always range freely, snowmobile noise intrudes upon the park's profound winter silence, and some tourist villages are located in prime grizzly bear habitat. Despite these problems, the National Park Service has succeeded in reintroducing wolves, allowing wildfires to play their natural role in park forests, and prohibiting a gold mine that would be present in other more typical western landscapes. Each of these issues - bison, snowmobiles, grizzly bears, wolves, fires, and the New World Mine - was the centre of a recent policy-making controversy involving federal politicians, robust debate with interested stakeholders, and discussions about the relevant science. Yet, the outcomes of the controversies varied considerably, depending on politics, science, how well park managers allied themselves with external interests, and public thinking about the effects of park proposals on their access and economies. Michael Yochim examines the primary influences upon contemporary national park policy making and considers how those influences shaped or constrained the final policy. In addition, Yochim considers how park managers may best work within the contemporary policy-making context to preserve national parks. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael J. YochimPublisher: University of New Mexico Press Imprint: University of New Mexico Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780826353030ISBN 10: 0826353037 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 30 August 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsGiven vociferous debate over the effectiveness of efforts to restore riparian flows in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, and the practicality of efforts to reduce user pressures in Yosemite, Yochim's copiously detailed assessment of the role of science in wildlife restoration, habitat renewal, and snowmobile and other winter use activities in Yellowstone could not be timelier. Yochim provides a trenchant analysis of the intricacies of National Park Service decision making. --Choice Given vociferous debate over the effectiveness of efforts to restore riparian flows in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, and the practicality of efforts to reduce user pressures in Yosemite, Yochim's copiously detailed assessment of the role of science in wildlife restoration, habitat renewal, and snowmobile and other winter use activities in Yellowstone could not be timelier. Yochim provides a trenchant analysis of the intricacies of National Park Service decision making. -- Choice Given vociferous debate over the effectiveness of efforts to restore riparian flows in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, and the practicality of efforts to reduce user pressures in Yosemite, Yochim's copiously detailed assessment of the role of science in wildlife restoration, habitat renewal, and snowmobile and other winter use activities in Yellowstone could not be timelier. Yochim provides a trenchant analysis of the intricacies of National Park Service decision making.--Choice Given vociferous debate over the effectiveness of efforts to restore riparian flows in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, and the practicality of efforts to reduce user pressures in Yosemite, Yochim's copiously detailed assessment of the role of science in wildlife restoration, habitat renewal, and snowmobile and other winter use activities in Yellowstone could not be timelier. Yochim provides a trenchant analysis of the intricacies of National Park Service decision making. -- Choice Given vociferous debate over the effectiveness of efforts to restore riparian flows in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, and the practicality of efforts to reduce user pressures in Yosemite, Yochim's copiously detailed assessment of the role of science in wildlife restoration, habitat renewal, and snowmobile and other winter use activities in Yellowstone could not be timelier. Yochim provides a trenchant analysis of the intricacies of National Park Service decision making. --Choice Author InformationMichael J. Yochim is a National Park Service planner currently working at Yosemite National Park. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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