Review by Choice Review
The three editors of this timely, interesting book are all intimately involved in issues concerning conservation of the large carnivores of the American West through academic institutions and/or the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative. The book is divided into three parts. "Context" presents the problems, the people, their attitudes toward large carnivores (namely mountain lions, grizzlies, and wolves), and the institutions that grapple with the problems. "Cases" devotes individual chapters to specific management problems with each of the aforementioned carnivores. "Exploring Alternatives" examines present methods and institutions and how they can be augmented and improved to allow coexistence of humans with these top predators, thus allowing the return of naturally functioning ecosystems from which these animals were virtually extirpated. There are only two or three illustrations: tables or graphs, and one map. References are numerous, current, and located at the end of each chapter. This work is written in a scholarly style and is dense with information. It will be useful for college and university libraries in regions where these kinds of carnivores or their equivalents exist. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers. H. N. Cunningham Jr. emeritus, Pennsylvania State Erie, Behrend College
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