Reviews
This book is juicy with field notes—the stories of charismatic individual wolves like the Old Gray Guy, and complex science made understandable and seductively enticing to the reader with even the tiniest interest in wolf survival and natural history.
The book is many things in one: a fascinating memoir, a collection of field notes, a chronology of the 63-year study of the wolves and moose of Isle Royale.... It can even be used as a textbook on environmental history and biology and ecology of wolves and moose.
...above all it is a story about the responsibility of our species to other species....This book is a pleasant read both for the public and scientists in the field
This exhilarating book is a paean to reasoned argument as illustrated by the biology and management of the wolves of Isle Royale. A remarkable triumph—beautifully crafted.
This special and original book, which offers valuable lessons on reintroduction and the ramifications of human interactions with the environment, will be widely read, critiqued, and circulated by anyone interested in wolves. Vucetich is a top-notch scientist; everything he writes is fantastic.
Restoring the Balance reveals the importance of understanding what wolves, moose, and other nonhuman stakeholders think, feel, and need—what's in their heads and hearts. Vucetich seamlessly weaves science and ethics into a highly readable narrative that shows why living in balance with the natural world is the only road forward.
In Restoring the Balance, Vucetich uses the world-famous, 63-year-long ecological study of wolves on Isle Royale as a lens to examine humanity's relationship with the environment. The result is an intoxicating amalgam of science, fieldcraft, history, philosophy, and conservation policy, bound together by the observations of a skilled and passionate naturalist.
Restoring the Balance is a thoughtful journey—an honest, breathtaking, raucous, and playful exploration of the lives and deaths of wolves, moose, and the humans who observe them. John Vucetich creates a masterful blend of memoir, science, and ethics with a message that is both timely and timeless.
Book Details
Forward
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Why Wolves?
2. Thoughts of a Moose
3. Beginnings
4. Balance of Nature
5. Exogenous Forces
6. The Old Gray Guy
7. The Unraveling
8. Sense of Place
9. All Natural
10. Restoring
Forward
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Why Wolves?
2. Thoughts of a Moose
3. Beginnings
4. Balance of Nature
5. Exogenous Forces
6. The Old Gray Guy
7. The Unraveling
8. Sense of Place
9. All Natural
10. Restoring the Balance
Coda