Information on the essential players and key tenets in the biological field can be found in Mike Link and Kate Crowley, Following the Pack: The World of Wolf Research (1994).10 The Mythological Beast Even a rudimentary survey of lupine natural history intonates key differences between the wolf as a biological animal and the wolf as a mythological beast. [...] Exceptionalist rhetoric lauding the United States as the inventor of the national park concept reflected an exalting tradition in American history from the Pilgrim Fathers to the warriors of the Cold War.46 Meanwhile, Canadian academics distinguished their environmental history from that of the United States by stressing continuing imperial links and the importance of state government in guiding w [...] Wolf Mountains offers a history of Rocky Mountain canines that considers images of wolves in the country of the mind and the treatment of wolves in the material environment. [...] The indefatigable explorers noted that, "whatever [meat] is left out at night falls to the share of the wolves, who are the constant and numerous attendants of the buffaloe."15 One night as the Corps of Discovery camped along the banks of the Yellowstone River, an inquisitive lupine ventured into a tent where Nathaniel Pryor was sleeping and allegedly bit the slumbering sergeant on the hand. [...] While Lewis and Clark described wolves as "shepherds" of the buffalo (after their habit of trailing the herds), the large canines were customarily seen as the enemies rather than the guardians of game species.17 The explorers themselves stressed the 'ravages' of wolves along the Yellowstone River.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 7
- Preface and Acknowledgments 11
- Introduction: National Parks and the Wolf 15
- 1 Wolves in Yellowstone National Park 29
- The Thunderer and Canine Howls 29
- The Changing Nature of Yellowstone National Park 36
- The Wolf's Last Stand in Yellowstone 45
- From Dissenting Opinion to Park Policy 50
- Lupine Ghosts in Yellowstone? 57
- The Wolf Returns to Yellowstone 61
- 2 Wolves in Glacier National Park 73
- The Demise of Chief Wolf 73
- The Establishment of Glacier Park 78
- Wolf Policy in the Early Park 81
- Changing Opinions in Glacier 89
- The Rise and Fall of Wolf Fortunes in Glacier 93
- Wolves Resettle in Glacier 96
- 3 Wolves in Banff National Park 113
- From 'Wolf Country' to the 'Whoop-Up Trail' 113
- The Establishment of Rocky Mountains Park 121
- The Development of Predator Policy 125
- From Cages to Wild Habitat: Re-Appraising the Wolf 133
- Canine Battles in Banff National Park 137
- Lupophobia and the Rabid Wolf 147
- A Den of Wolf Defenders 150
- Wolves Retake Banff 154
- Wolf Paradise Lost? 161
- 4 Wolves in Jasper National Park 167
- From Earth-Maker Wolf to the Fur Trapper 167
- Nature, Railroad, and National Park 176
- Wolf Policy in Jasper Park 180
- Wrestling with Wardens and Wolves 183
- From Outlaws to Lupine Legends 197
- Nature's Cycles and Human Constructions 201
- Conclusion: The Trials and Trails of Wolf History 215
- Exceptionalism in the Rocky Mountain Wolf Parks 215
- Crossing National Park Boundaries 224
- Restor(y)ing the Wolf 229
- Epilogue: Legal Wrangles, Canine Appetites, and Shifting Cultural Attitudes 233
- Notes 237
- Bibliography 315
- Index 339
- A 339
- B 339
- C 340
- D 341
- E 342
- F 342
- G 343
- H 344
- I 344
- J 344
- K 345
- L 345
- M 345
- N 346
- O 347
- P 347
- Q 347
- R 347
- S 348
- T 348
- U 348
- V 349
- W 349
- Y 350