Return of the Grizzly: Sharing the Range with Yellowstone's Top Predator By Cat Urbigkit: Non-Fiction Book Review

 

Product Details

• Title: Return of the Grizzly: Sharing the Range with Yellowstone's Top Predator
• Author: Cat Urbigkit
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyhorse (January 1, 2019)
• Genre: Non-Fiction, Bear Biology, Bear Conservation
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1510727477

• ***I voluntarily reviewed a copy I received for my birthday. All opinions are my own***

Book Summary

The Yellowstone grizzly population has grown from an estimated 136 bears when first granted federal protection as a threatened species to as many as 1,000 grizzlies in a tri-state region today. No longer limited to remote wilderness areas, grizzlies now roam throughout the region—in state parks, school playgrounds, residential subdivisions, on farms and ranches, and in towns and cities throughout the region.

Return of the Grizzly tells the story of the successful effort to recover this large carnivore, the policy changes and disputes between bear managers and bear advocates, and for the first time, provides insight to what recovery means for the people who now live with grizzlies across a broad landscape. From cowboys on horseback chased by a charging grizzly, and grizzlies claiming game animals downed by human hunters, to the numerous self-defense killing of grizzlies that occur each year, the manuscript examines increases in conflicts and human fatalities caused by grizzlies in this ecosystem inhabited by humans who live there year-round. Human–bear interactions, grizzly attacks and deaths, avoiding attacks, effects on agriculture, wildlife protesters, the consequences of bear habituation, and more are all covered.

My Review

This was such an interesting book. I love bears and other wild animals. I am a big defender of animals and want to conserve and preserve them and the land where they reside. This book was published in 2018 and four years later the same problems are occurring with bear management in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Once again these states are wanting the Federal Government to delist Grizzlies' status as a federally protected animal by being on the Endangered Species list. Return of the Grizzly goes into everything that has happened in the past with this same situation. Both sides of the situation are given, from the wildlife conservationists to the ranchers. This non-fiction book does give a lot of details like a textbook, so just know that before you plow on in.

The author does a great job outlining the past history of the grizzly bear, how things were managed in the past, and things that would be helpful in the future. She is very knowledgeable and listed many sources of information that she used in writing this book. I'm hoping that more people will read this book and become active in Wildlife Conservation and find ways to help. I LOVE bears and I truly enjoyed reading this book and learning more about the grizzly in the Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Meet Author Cat Urbigkit

Cat Urbigkit is an award-winning writer and photographer based on a western Wyoming sheep ranch where she receives much inspiration for her work.

She has written and photographed seven non-fiction books for children, as well as five nonfiction titles for adults. A firm believer in the power of the written word, Cat writes for several media outlets and blogs, and honed her writing skills as a newspaper reporter for more than a decade. Cat is also the co-owner and publisher of The Shepherd, a national monthly sheep industry magazine.

Cat is the author of a Wolf Watch news blog, and is a contributing writer to Stephen Bodio's Querencia nature blog. Her photographs of ranch life and wildlife have appeared in numerous books and magazines, and her daily Facebook posts are popular.    

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