Yellowstone and the Smithsonian : centers of wildlife conservation /

Yellowstone and the Smithsonian : centers of wildlife conservation /

In the winter of 1996-97, state and federal authorities shot or shipped to slaughter more than 1,100 Yellowstone National Park bison. Since that time, thousands more have been killed or hazed back into the park, as wildlife managers struggle to accommodate an animal that does not recognize manmade b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Diane, 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Subjects:
Smithsonian Institution > History.
National Zoological Park (U.S.) > History.
Wildlife conservation > Yellowstone National Park > History.
Wildlife management > Yellowstone National Park > History.
Natural history museums > United States > History.
Biological specimens > United States > History.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Yellowstone National Park > History.
Yellowstone National Park > Environmental conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Center of New Knowledge
  • The Smithsonian Institution : Type Specimens and the Origins of Specimen Exchange
  • Yellowstone National Park : The Survival of the Specimens
  • Centennial Exhibition : Object Maps of US Commercial Resources
  • Part II. Centers of Conservation
  • In the Beginning Were the Bison : Habitat Groups and the Vital Spark
  • A National and Zoological Park : "A Home and City of Refuge for the Vanishing Races of the Continent"
  • Part III. Animals and Artifacts
  • An Almost Certain Fate : Animal Displays and the Contest for Yellowstone Resources
  • The Greatest Game Preserve in the Country : City of Refuge or a National Zoological Park
  • Yellowstone and Wild Animal Displays : "The Most Wonderful and Best Known of the Great Government Reservations."