cover image Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of American (Ameri)CA's First National Park

Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of American (Ameri)CA's First National Park

Alston Chase, Chase. Mariner Books, $33.95 (480pp) ISBN 978-0-15-672036-6

The head of an education program at Yellowstone, Chase charges that the overriding priority of the national park's staff is the safety of the visitors and that current wildlife management stresses an ""intact ecosystem,'' meaning that diseased animals are allowed to roam, among other problems. PW called this ``explosive.'' (December)