Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature, (Hardcover)

from DavidWineberg

What goes around comes around A great deal of thought went into the structuring of Engineering Eden. It could have been a long condemnation of the National Parks Service. It could have been a collection of profiles of ecologists and their accomplishments (and crimes). It could have been a timelin...

from bohannon

While framed around the story of a particular court case, and a specific death of a camper killed by a Grizzly in Yellowstone park, the true heart of this book is looking at the growth and establishment of ecology (and its related applied profession of "wildlife management") as an independent dis...

from bookcaterpillar

Prepare to learn a dark side of Yellowstone, and to a lesser extent, Yosemite. I didn't know about the debate about resource management, and the author is clear about his opinions on that debate. While many may not get passionate about park management, I would hope that this book ignites passion ...

from TX1955

"Engineering Eden" by Jordan Fisher Smith is a very well researched book. The establishment of the first national park was an attempt to protect wilderness from further being destroyed by greedy and careless individuals. To open a wilderness without very clear boundaries to the public was a very ...

from arelenriel

This is not only an amazing story of wildlife management on public lands but of how the landmark case that finally allowed plaintiffs to sue the federal government came to be. This book was well written and offers and great deal of information on how we use our public lands and how this impacts t...