Description

Bryan talks with David Quammen, author of both fiction and non-fiction, and the sole writer of National Geographic Magazine’s May 2016 issue on Yellowstone in honor of the centennial of the National Park Service. He also published Yellowstone: A Journey Through America’s Wild Heart” in August of 2016. They talk about a number of issues affecting the park.

Discussion includes the following:

· Is Yellowstone too small? Yellowstone National Park as a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and how animals move beyond the boundaries of the park (1:38).

· Is Yellowstone being loved to death? (5:55)

· Creeping Crisis (10:45)

· Impact of visitation (12:58)

· Lake trout and invasive species (20:20)

· Interconnectedness of ecology and policy: rescue of the American Bison (27:52)

· Wolf conservation (35:25)

· What gives us hope? Optimism, positive stories including grizzly bears (40:14)

· How to be a good visitor and friend to the park (42:12)

Resources:

David Quammen http://www.davidquammen.com

“YELLOWSTONE: A Journey Through America’s Wild Heart” https://shop.nationalgeographic.com/product/books/books/new-books/yellowstone

Part 1: Learning to Let the Wild Be Wild in Yellowstone by David Quammen http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/05/yellowstone-national-parks-part-1/

Part 2: The Yellowstone We Don't See: A Struggle of Life and Death by David Quammen

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/05/yellowstone-national-parks-part-2/

Part 3: Yellowstone's Future Hangs on a Question: Who Owns the West? by David Quammen http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/05/yellowstone-national-parks-part-3/

Map of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/greateryellowstonemap.htm

Greater Yellowstone Coalition http://greateryellowstone.org