Author: Richard P. Thiel
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299139445
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In early 1958, in the far northern town of Cornucopia, Wisconsin's "last" timber wolf was accidentally run over by an automobile. The "humane" intention to end the animal's suffering produced a grisly aftermath: the wolf survived the impact of the car, was bludgeoned with a tire iron twice but survived, and finally had its throat slit with a restaurant knife. This horrifying scene is certainly an apt (if appalling) symbol of the timber wolf's early fate in Wisconsin. Feared, detested, hunted down for state-authorized bounties, the animal was systematically exterminated as an enemy of man and progress. Yet this bleak chapter in the history of conservation has a happier ending. Seventeen years later, in 1975, the timber wolf had officially reestablished itself and, as a protected species, is now flourishing under the care of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources. Few can be more caring than the author, a DNR educator in wildlife management. As an inquisitive teenager, Richard Thiel began his pursuit of the Wisconsin timber wolf's story in the mid-1960s and has been at it ever since. The result is this arresting, intensely readable book, a story of fear, mistrust, and misunderstanding that ends, thankfully, as one of hope and appreciation.
The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin
Author: Richard P. Thiel
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299139445
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In early 1958, in the far northern town of Cornucopia, Wisconsin's "last" timber wolf was accidentally run over by an automobile. The "humane" intention to end the animal's suffering produced a grisly aftermath: the wolf survived the impact of the car, was bludgeoned with a tire iron twice but survived, and finally had its throat slit with a restaurant knife. This horrifying scene is certainly an apt (if appalling) symbol of the timber wolf's early fate in Wisconsin. Feared, detested, hunted down for state-authorized bounties, the animal was systematically exterminated as an enemy of man and progress. Yet this bleak chapter in the history of conservation has a happier ending. Seventeen years later, in 1975, the timber wolf had officially reestablished itself and, as a protected species, is now flourishing under the care of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources. Few can be more caring than the author, a DNR educator in wildlife management. As an inquisitive teenager, Richard Thiel began his pursuit of the Wisconsin timber wolf's story in the mid-1960s and has been at it ever since. The result is this arresting, intensely readable book, a story of fear, mistrust, and misunderstanding that ends, thankfully, as one of hope and appreciation.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299139445
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In early 1958, in the far northern town of Cornucopia, Wisconsin's "last" timber wolf was accidentally run over by an automobile. The "humane" intention to end the animal's suffering produced a grisly aftermath: the wolf survived the impact of the car, was bludgeoned with a tire iron twice but survived, and finally had its throat slit with a restaurant knife. This horrifying scene is certainly an apt (if appalling) symbol of the timber wolf's early fate in Wisconsin. Feared, detested, hunted down for state-authorized bounties, the animal was systematically exterminated as an enemy of man and progress. Yet this bleak chapter in the history of conservation has a happier ending. Seventeen years later, in 1975, the timber wolf had officially reestablished itself and, as a protected species, is now flourishing under the care of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources. Few can be more caring than the author, a DNR educator in wildlife management. As an inquisitive teenager, Richard Thiel began his pursuit of the Wisconsin timber wolf's story in the mid-1960s and has been at it ever since. The result is this arresting, intensely readable book, a story of fear, mistrust, and misunderstanding that ends, thankfully, as one of hope and appreciation.
Timber Wolf
Author: Caroline Pignat
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780889954595
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The third book in the series follows the adventures of Jack Byrne, brother of Kit, as he seeks independence from his sister in the lumber camps.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780889954595
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The third book in the series follows the adventures of Jack Byrne, brother of Kit, as he seeks independence from his sister in the lumber camps.
Timber Wolves
Author: Cynthia Amoroso
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781567669459
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Simple text and photographs introduce the animal sometimes called the gray wolf.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781567669459
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Simple text and photographs introduce the animal sometimes called the gray wolf.
Timber-Wolf
Author: Jackson Gregory
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387077882
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387077882
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Timberwolf Chase
Author: Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551435489
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
When a new player moves to the small town of Howling from Toronto, Johnny Maverick must find a way to make him part of the team.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551435489
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
When a new player moves to the small town of Howling from Toronto, Johnny Maverick must find a way to make him part of the team.
The Timber Wolf
Author: Pat Sargent
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
When a timber wolf invades the farm and kills baby animals, he meets Barney the Bear Killer.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
When a timber wolf invades the farm and kills baby animals, he meets Barney the Bear Killer.
Peter and the Timber Wolf
Author: Ann Bryant
Publisher: Caboodle Books Limited
ISBN: 9780995488526
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Timber Wolf comes out from the trees, and the world all around seems to freeze. A contemporary telling of a great old tale, because we all still love to be scared!
Publisher: Caboodle Books Limited
ISBN: 9780995488526
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Timber Wolf comes out from the trees, and the world all around seems to freeze. A contemporary telling of a great old tale, because we all still love to be scared!
Timber Pack Chronicles
Author: Rob Colton
Publisher: Rob Colton
ISBN: 1626330077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The object of Parker Montgomery's crush is big man on campus Colton Butler, who is much more than he appears to be. Colton has been watching Parker from a distance, patiently waiting for the day when he will finally be able to claim his destined mate. When Parker is threatened by a rogue wolf, Colton's instincts take over and he finds that his actions have consequences that threaten to tear his pack apart.
Publisher: Rob Colton
ISBN: 1626330077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The object of Parker Montgomery's crush is big man on campus Colton Butler, who is much more than he appears to be. Colton has been watching Parker from a distance, patiently waiting for the day when he will finally be able to claim his destined mate. When Parker is threatened by a rogue wolf, Colton's instincts take over and he finds that his actions have consequences that threaten to tear his pack apart.
Keepers of the Wolves
Author: Richard P. Thiel
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299174743
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
It was 1978, and there had been no resident timber wolves in Wisconsin for twenty years. Still, packs were active in neighboring Minnesota, and there was the occasional rumor from Wisconsin's northwestern counties of wolf sign or sightings. Had wolves returned on their own to Wisconsin? Richard Thiel, then a college student with a passion for wolves, was determined to find out. Thus begins Keepers of the Wolves, Thiel's tale of his ten years at the center of efforts to track and protect the recovery of wolves in Northern Wisconsin. From his early efforts as a student enthusiast to his departure in 1989 from the post of wolf biologist for the Department of Natural Resources, Thiel conveys the wonder, frustrations, humor, and everyday hard work of field biologists, as well as the politics and public relations pitfalls that so often accompany their profession. We share in the excitement as Thiel and his colleagues find wolf tracks in the snow, howl in the forest night and are answered back, learn to safely trap wolves to attach radio collars, and track the packs' ranges by air from a cramped Piper Cub. We follow the stories of individual wolves and their packs as pups are born and die, wolves are shot by accident and by intent, ravages of canine parvovirus and hard winters take their toll, and young adults move on to new ranges. Believing he had left his beloved wolves behind, Thiel takes a new job as an environmental educator in central Wisconsin, but soon wolves follow. By 1999, there were an estimated 200 timber wolves in 54 packs in Wisconsin. This is a sequel to Dick Thiel's 1994 book, The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin: The Death and Life of a Majestic Predator. That book traced the wolf's history in Wisconsin, its near extinction, and the initial efforts to reestablish it in our state. Thiel's new book looks at how successful that program has been.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299174743
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
It was 1978, and there had been no resident timber wolves in Wisconsin for twenty years. Still, packs were active in neighboring Minnesota, and there was the occasional rumor from Wisconsin's northwestern counties of wolf sign or sightings. Had wolves returned on their own to Wisconsin? Richard Thiel, then a college student with a passion for wolves, was determined to find out. Thus begins Keepers of the Wolves, Thiel's tale of his ten years at the center of efforts to track and protect the recovery of wolves in Northern Wisconsin. From his early efforts as a student enthusiast to his departure in 1989 from the post of wolf biologist for the Department of Natural Resources, Thiel conveys the wonder, frustrations, humor, and everyday hard work of field biologists, as well as the politics and public relations pitfalls that so often accompany their profession. We share in the excitement as Thiel and his colleagues find wolf tracks in the snow, howl in the forest night and are answered back, learn to safely trap wolves to attach radio collars, and track the packs' ranges by air from a cramped Piper Cub. We follow the stories of individual wolves and their packs as pups are born and die, wolves are shot by accident and by intent, ravages of canine parvovirus and hard winters take their toll, and young adults move on to new ranges. Believing he had left his beloved wolves behind, Thiel takes a new job as an environmental educator in central Wisconsin, but soon wolves follow. By 1999, there were an estimated 200 timber wolves in 54 packs in Wisconsin. This is a sequel to Dick Thiel's 1994 book, The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin: The Death and Life of a Majestic Predator. That book traced the wolf's history in Wisconsin, its near extinction, and the initial efforts to reestablish it in our state. Thiel's new book looks at how successful that program has been.
In Wolf Country
Author: Jim Yuskavitch
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493013904
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
In Wolf Country tells the story of the first groups of wolves that emigrated from reintroduced areas in Idaho to re-colonize their former habitat in the Pacific Northwest, how government officials prepared for their arrival, and the battles between the people who welcome them and the people who don’t, set against the backdrop of the ongoing political controversy surrounding wolf populations in the Northern Rockies. The political maneuvering and intense controversy that has defined wolves’ recovery in the West makes this a compelling and timely read.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493013904
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
In Wolf Country tells the story of the first groups of wolves that emigrated from reintroduced areas in Idaho to re-colonize their former habitat in the Pacific Northwest, how government officials prepared for their arrival, and the battles between the people who welcome them and the people who don’t, set against the backdrop of the ongoing political controversy surrounding wolf populations in the Northern Rockies. The political maneuvering and intense controversy that has defined wolves’ recovery in the West makes this a compelling and timely read.