TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,Jerry ED - Open Textbook Library TI - Romance Lands and Conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem T2 - Open textbook library AV - H1 CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - Open Textbook Library KW - Social sciences KW - Textbooks KW - Political Science N1 - Introduction -- Chapter 1: Romance and Sludge in the American West -- Chapter 2: 1862-1872 A Decade for the West and a National Park for the World -- Chapter 3: A Short lesson in conservation biology -- Chapter 4: Four New Things -- Chapter 5: Institutions - How things get done -- Chapter 6: Transitions in GYE -- Chapter 7: A new view of public lands in GYE -- Chapter 8: A Word for Private Lands -- Chapter 9: It's Not All Bad but Let's Be Careful Out There -- Chapter 10: What does the future hold? A Conclusion, of Sorts N2 - To fully grasp the significance of this story we explore the history of the West, the development of Yellowstone National Park, something about the discipline of conservation biology and related policy sciences, Grizzly bear recovery, and eventually the contemporary economy and social setting of the region. The Greater Yellowstone is a model of how to build a regional system of international importance and local well-being UR - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1475 ER -