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1. The Unnatural Kingdom.

Author

DUANE, DANIEL

Subjects
*WILDLIFE management, *ANIMAL radio tracking, *BIGHORN sheep, *HUMAN-animal relationships, *EFFECT of predation on mammals, *CAMERAS, *EQUIPMENT & supplies, *NATIONAL parks & reserves, ENVIRONMENTAL conditions
Abstract

The author offers his perspective on wildlife management in the U.S., including radio tracking devices on the horns of bighorn sheep in Yosemite National Park, California and use of motion-sensor cameras. The impact humans have on wildlife, including their alleged manipulation of wildlife and on predator and prey relationships, is discussed.

Published
2016

2. Court suspends pioneering gene deal in Yellowstone.

Author

Macilwain, Colin

Subjects
*DNA polymerases, *SCIENCE & industry, *INDUSTRIAL applications, *NATIONAL parks & reserves, ENVIRONMENTAL conditions
Abstract

Reports that United States Judge Royce Lambarth blocked a collaboration between Yellowstone National Park and the biodiversity company Diversa, San Diego, California. Plan to exploit the park's commercial potential; Failure of the park to provide a full environmental impact statement; The enzyme Taq polymerase in the park's geothermal springs; Comments from Diversa's Jay Short.

Published
1999
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3. Inside Old Faithful.

Author

Perkins, Sid

Subjects
*GEYSERS, *NATIONAL parks & reserves, ENVIRONMENTAL conditions
Abstract

Reports that researchers, under the supervision of US National Park Service personnel, lowered several instruments, including a video camera, into Yellowstone's Old Faithful to observe a geyser. Findings published in the October 1997 issue of `Geology'; Comments from James A. Westphal, a geologist at the California Institute of Technology; What the camera revealed; How often Old Faithful blows its top.

Published
1997
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