Chasing Wildlife Secrets -

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Résumé :

Professional wildlife biologist Scott McCorquodale observed the natural world from a unique and intimate perspective. His compelling, dramatic, and detailed accounts describe forty years of research on Pacific Northwest bears, deer, elk, and moose. He and his colleagues spent hours tracking animals in miserable conditions, setting countless traps, and hanging out of helicopters with a dart gun. Some animals left a lasting impression--including Granny, the first elk he ever darted, a Cle Elum elk who considered herself human, and a variety of personality-filled bears.

The work was transformative. His thirteen years with a Yakama Nation wildlife program left a deep personal impact. Research on elk in eastern Washington'...

Biographie:

Scott McCorquodale spent forty years as a professional wildlife biologist, nearly all of it in Washington state. He has B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Montana and an M.S. degree from the University of Washington. He did field research on grizzly and black bears, mule deer, black-tailed deer, Rocky Mountain and Roosevelt elk, and moose, working in both government agency and Native American wildlife program contexts. He has published more than twenty-five peer-reviewed scientific papers, several book chapters, numerous agency reports, and several popular magazine articles.