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Suggested Reading
(Note: Some of these titles are available through the Yellowstone Association Park Store, where proceeds will be directed toward park projects and where your Association membership will net you a discount.)
Cooking:
NOLS Cookery
Pearson, Claudia, Ed.1997. Stackpole.
A wealth of good information on all aspects of backcountry cooking and nutrition.
Wilderness Skills:
Soft Paths
Hampton, Bruce. 1995. Stackpole.
A well-written look at Leave No Trace techniques and the ethical considerations behind them.
National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide
Harvey, Mark. 1999. Fireside.
A classic how-to manual of wilderness travel, recently updated to address new techniques and equipment.
Animals and Field Guides:
For Everything There is a Season
Craighead, Frank C. 1994. Falcon.
A temporally formatted general field guide to the region by one of its most respected biologists.
The Bears of Yellowstone
Schullery, Paul. 1992. High Plains Publishing Co.
The history of bears and bear management in the Park by a former Yellowstone ranger-naturalist and one of its most prolific writers.
Grizzly Years
Peacock, Doug. 1990. Henry Holt. N.Y.
A fascinating account of the author's evolving relationship with bears and the wilderness they represent.
Track of the Grizzly
Craighead, Frank. 1979. Sierra Club Books. San Francisco.
Recalls the beginnings of modern grizzly bear research in Yellowstone.
The Wolves of Yellowstone
Phillips, Michael K. & Douglas W. Smith, 1996. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MN.
The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone
McNamee, Thomas. 1998, Henry Holt. N.Y.
The Grizzly Bear
McNamee, Thomas. 1997. Lyons Press.
Yellowstone National Park:
The Yellowstone Story
(2 Vol.) Haines, Aubrey. 1977. Yellowstone Library and Museum Association.
The definitive history of the region by the late Park Historian.
Death in Yellowstone
Whittlesey, Lee H. 1995. Robert Rinehart Publishers.
A grim but fascinating look at the darker aspects of the nation's oldest park.
Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness
Schullery, Paul. 1997. Diane Publishing Co.
Preserving Yellowstone's Natural Conditions : Science and the Perception of Nature
Pritchard, James. 1999. Univ. of Nebraska Press.
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