Article ID: CBB000932219

From a Howling Wilderness to Howling Safaris: Science, Policy and Red Wolves in the American South (2009)

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Manganiello, Christopher J. (Author)


Journal of the History of Biology
Volume: 42
Issue: 2
Pages: 325-359


Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: Phil Pauly Memorial
Language: English

Abstract This article details the complex natural and cultural history of red wolf (Canis rufus) restoration in the American South. The decisions and methods utilized in the red wolf's recovery after 1960 were unprecedented and creative but not geographically limited. The federal red wolf recovery experiment highlights the debate over what constitutes a species in a dynamic world, and the practical challenges and unexpected results in endangered species management in peopled landscapes. This wildlife restoration story illustrates not only the hands-on management role humans played, and continue to play, but also reveals cultural assumptions about what constitutes a wild wolf and about the necessity of wilderness. The red wolf recovery project provides constructive lessons for future species restoration involving flora and fauna on public and private land, and demonstrates human and animal engagement in the making of nature and culture.

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Authors & Contributors
Benson, Etienne Samuel
Baker, Andrew C.
Bourgès, Flora
Stokland, Håkon B.
Muscolino, Micah
Winston, Johnny
Concepts
Environmental sciences
Conservation biology
Science and government
Endangered species
Ecology
Environmental protection
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
China
Sichuan Sheng (China)
Southern states (U.S.)
Galapagos Islands
Greenland
Institutions
Grand Canyon National Park
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
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