The Wolves of Alaska: A Fact-based Saga

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The Wolves of Alaska: A Fact-based Saga Author: Format: Book First Published: Published By: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co
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Pages: 338 Language: English ISBN: 9780882409337 Categories: , , , , , ,
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This book has everything-history, biology, a wolf hunter's true adventures, skullduggery, politics, animal rights, and even a romance. You may not believe the media, but you can believe what is reported in this well-researched book on one of the wolf's staunchest allies - Jim Rearden. -- Jill Shepherd, Senior Editor, ALASKA Magazine One of the most comprehensive, balanced, and informative books on wolves I have read. It should be required reading for all Alaskans." -- Alaska Governor Jay Hammond Jim Rearden, with his background in wildlife management-one-time head of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Wildlife Department, 12 years as a member of the Boards of Fisheries and Game, and many years as a professional outdoor writer-is the perfect person to put into context the Alaska wolf controversy. A must read. -- Ray Tremblay, a one-time Alaska trapper and long-time Special Agent, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 55 years in Alaska A highly entertaining and accurate saga of Alaska's wolves and man during the past 75 years -- James Faro, retired wildlife biologist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Author Biography

Jim Rearden has been a resident of Alaska since 1950. Among his various Alaskan jobs, Rearden has been a college professor, a gandy dancer for the Alaska Railroad, a registered big game guide, a carpenter, commercial fisherman, construction laborer, management biologist for commercial fisheries (Alaska Department of Fish and Game), and a freelance writer/photographer. He served 12 years on the Alaska Board of Fish and Game and Alaska Board of Game. President Gerald Ford appointed him to the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere where he served 18 months. He has written 29 books on Alaskan subjects and 500 magazine articles for about 40 different magazines around the world. For 20 years he was Outdoors Editor for Alaska Magazine, and simultaneously a Field Editor for Outdoor Life magazine. He holds wildlife conservation degrees from Oregon State University and the University of Maine, as well as an honorary Dr. of Science degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He lives in Homer, Alaska with his wife Audrey, in a log house he built himself.