Stalking The Big Bird. A Tale Of Turkeys, Biologists, And Bureaucrats

HARLEY SHAW

Publication: The University of Arizona Press, 2004, Tucson

First edition. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers showing an illustration of a turkey on front wrapper. 141 pp., contents, acknowledgements, preface, notes. "While focusing on this big bird of the Southwest, Shaw's book is really a field study of another rare species ... the wildlife management professional. The author offers shrewd observations on the difficulties of interpreting and implementing research results in the face of pressures exerted by government bureaucracies, non-governmental organizations, and politically powerful loggers, ranchers, land developers, and environmentalists. He also shows that management of even a common game bird may be beyond the capabilities of responsible resource management agencies. Through stories about his own experiences studying Merriam's wild turkey ... anecdotes about the foibles of field work and the bureaucratic boondoggles of wildlife management ... Shaw reveals some of the complexities involved in wildlife research." As new, unread copy.

Inventory Number: 52597