Preserving Nature in the National Parks
A History
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A coyote caught in a steel trap in
Yellowstone National Park, 1929. Staring at the camera, this animal
probably soon looked down the barrel of a rifle, one victim among
thousands in the widespread effort to rid the national parks of certain
native predator species. As the largest national park, and with an
abundance of large mammals, Yellowstone led in the formulation of
wildlife management policies for the parks. (Yellowstone National
Park.)
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Top: Bison being stampeded in
Yellowstone, circa mid-1920s. Staged to thrill park visitors, these
stampedes were discontinued in the 1920s. (National Park Service
Historic Photograph Collections, Harpers Ferry Center.) Bottom:
Park herders prepare to castrate a Yellowstone bison, 1928. Castration,
corralling, and winter feeding were among early techniques used at the
park's Buffalo Ranch to manage the Lamar Valley bison herd. (Yellowstone
National Park.)
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