Description:
"Large Carnivore Conservation "argues that conserving and living sustainably with large carnivores is as much a problem of people and governanceof competing values, perspectives, and organizations, and of decision-making in the public sphereas it is a problem of animal ecology and behavior. Adopting an integrative approach, it considers the development of conservation science and legislation alongside the implementation of decisions in the field and deliberations in courts as well as other public institutions, and it evaluates the efforts of individuals as well as groups of conservationists who are trying to reduce conflict and improve decision-making on both the state and local level.Drawing on six case studies of wolf, grizzly bear, and mountain lion conservation in a range stretching from the Yukon to Arizona, the book looks at a wide variety of stakeholders, from animal rights advocates, conservation NGOs, and federal parks agencies, to hunters, Native American tribes, and ranchers.
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Brief description: Susan G. Clark is the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Adjunct Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Policy Sciences in the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University and the author, most recently, of Ensuring Greater Yellowstone's Future: Choices for Leaders and Citizens. She lives in Guilford, CT, and Jackson, WY.
Review Quotes: "Large Carnivore Conservation provides a critical assessment of our largely failed attempts to conserve most species of large carnivores in North America at an important time. As growing human pressures continue to impact large carnivore populations, as global climate change increasingly affects carnivore habitats and food sources, and as the discourse over the appropriate management of large carnivores becomes ever more polarized and steeped in incivility, the timing of a book aimed at improving conservation could not be better."--Richard P. Reading "Vice President for Conservation, Denver Zoological Foundation"