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These and other issues—including fires and the New World Mine—were the center of a policy-making controversy involving federal politicians and interested stakeholders.  Yet outcomes of the controversies varied considerably, depending on politics, science, how well park managers allied themselves with external interests, and public thinking about the effects of park proposals on their access and economies.  In Protecting Yellowstone Michael Yochim examines the primary influences upon contemporary national park policy making and considers how those influences shaped or constrained the final policy. 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Yochim explains how climate change is altering the face of America's national parks, focusing on current and projected changes to vegetation, wildlife, and the natural conditions in Olympic, Grand Canyon, Glacier, Yellowstone, and Yosemite National Parks--five of the \"crown jewels\" of our national park system. As Yochim guides the reader from park to park, he immerses us in each park's beauty and wonder, highlighting the resources now at risk of destruction or permanent alteration.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Yochim worked for the National Park Service for nearly thirty years before being diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). It was while fighting the disease that he wrote this last moving testament. 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