Wildlife Watching in America's National Parks : a Seasonal Guide /

Wildlife Watching in America's National Parks : a Seasonal Guide / Gary W. Vequist and Daniel S. Licht.

From the Great Smoky Mountains to Point Reyes National Seashore, America's national parks are home to some of nature's great wildlife spectacles. Here, two veterans of the National Park Service focus on twelve animals that have been imperiled and at risk, but are now protected within the N...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Vequist, Gary
Other Authors: Licht, Daniel S., 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Wildlife watching > United States.
Wildlife recovery > United States.
National parks and reserves > United States.
National parks and reserves.
Wildlife recovery.
Wildlife watching.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : wildlife in national parks
  • History of wildlife conservation in parks
  • Watching wildlife in parks
  • Why view wildlife?
  • Spring
  • March : Gray wolves of Yellowstone
  • April : Black bears of the Great Smoky Mountains
  • May : Prairie dogs of the Badlands
  • Summer
  • June : Sea turtles of the Dry Tortugas
  • July : American bison of Theodore Roosevelt
  • August : Bats in Carlsbad Caverns
  • Fall
  • September : Pacific salmon of the Olympics
  • October : Elk of Buffalo River
  • November : Beaver of Cuyahoga River Valley
  • Winter
  • December : American alligators of the Everglades
  • January : Gray whales of Point Reyes
  • February : Bald eagles on the Mississippi River
  • Final observations
  • Hints for viewing wildlife
  • Wildlife-viewing ethics
  • Fifty wildlife-viewing destinations.

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