Thoroughly researched and finely crafted, <i>After the Grizzly</i> traces the history of endangered species and habitat in California, from the time of the Gold Rush to the present. Peter S. Alagona shows how scientists and conservationists came to view the fates of endangered species as inextricable from ecological conditions and human activities in the places where those species lived. <br /><br />Focusing on the stories of four high-profile endangered species—the...
