Wildlife Wars Terry Grosz by Terry Grosz 9781555662462, 9781555662455, 1555662463, 1555662455, B011SJ2N88 instant download after payment.

In "Wildlife Wars," Terry Grosz serves up fascinating stories-alternately hair-raising, hilarious, and heart-wrenching-from his 30-year struggle to protect wildlife in America. A natural storyteller, Grosz writes about the remarkable characters he met-on both sides of the law-as he matched wits with elk poachers, salmon snaggers, commercial-market duck hunters, and a host of other law-breakers. Best of all, though, these stories are so remarkably entertaining you won't want to put them down. Wildlife Wars is the winner of the 2000 National Outdoor Book Award, Nature and the Environment Category.

The author of these memoirs worked for the California Department of Fish and Game from 1966 to 1970 and for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1970 to 1998. He fought a war against the greed of the market hunters, who traded in animals and animal parts, and the egos of the trophy hunters, who consider themselves above the law. His collection of tales needs to be told, for it helps combat an enormous problem concerning our country's natural wildlife. Grosz is obviously a very committed individual--and also a natural storyteller. This collection consists of stories about his early years as a warden in California. They relate many close calls with mother nature: wild creatures and savage lawbreakers. The fact that the prosecution of environmental crimes has dropped precipitously in recent years indicates a need for a wake-up call such as this. Those who cherish the outdoors for hunting and fishing as well as those involved in environmental studies will benefit from this work.