Author: Norm Bishop

Norman A. Bishop was a national park ranger for 36 years, at Rocky Mountain National Park 1960-62, Death Valley 1962-64, Yosemite 1964-66, Mount Rainier 1966-72, the Southeast Regional Office 1972-1980, and Yellowstone from 1980 to 1997. He was a reviewer and compiler of the multi-volume analysis, “Wolves for Yellowstone?” and the 1994 Environmental Impact Statement titled The Reintroduction of Gray Wolves to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho, and was the principal interpreter of wolves and their restoration at Yellowstone National Park from 1985 until 1997, when he retired to Bozeman. He has received numerous awards including the Stephen T. Mather Award from the National Parks Conservation Association and the Meritorious Service Medal from the National Park Service.

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A Wolf Champion And Elder Looks Back At 30 Years Of Recovery In Yellowstone

Today, as a nonagenarian, Norm Bishop reflects on how the foundation for wolf reintroduction in America’s best known national park happened. What are the crucial lessons, which some clearly want to forget, that still need to be heeded?

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