{"id":160012,"date":"2020-10-22T13:03:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T13:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/?p=160012"},"modified":"2020-10-22T11:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:07:29","slug":"virtual-book-launch-planned-to-celebrate-dr-david-mechs-latest-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/virtual-book-launch-planned-to-celebrate-dr-david-mechs-latest-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolf Island &#8211;  Dr. David Mech\u2019s latest book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45903 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mech_wolf-1-687x1030-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mech_wolf-1-687x1030-1.jpg 687w, https:\/\/wolf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mech_wolf-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wolf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mech_wolf-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wolf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mech_wolf-1-470x705.jpg 470w, https:\/\/wolf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mech_wolf-1.jpg 800w\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the late 1940s, a few wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect \u201claboratory\u201d for a long-term study of predators and prey.<\/p>\n<p>As the wolves hunted and killed the island\u2019s moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature\u2019s most revered (and reviled) animals\u2014and eventually became an internationally renowned and respected wolf expert. This is the story of those early years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Wolf Island<\/em> recounts three extraordinary summers and winters Mech spent on the isolated outpost of Isle Royale National Park, tracking and observing wolves and moose on foot and by airplane\u2014and upending the common misperception of wolves as wanton killers of insatiable appetite. Mech sets the scene with one of his most thrilling encounters: witnessing an aerial view of a spectacular hunt, then venturing by snowshoe (against the pilot\u2019s warning) to examine the carcass in the face of fifteen hungry wolves.<\/p>\n<p><em>W<\/em><em>olf Island<\/em> owes as much to the spirit of adventure as to the impetus of scientific curiosity. Written with science and outdoor writer Greg Breining, who recorded hours of interviews with Mech and had access to his journals and field notes from those years, the book captures the immediacy of scientific fieldwork in all its triumphs and frustrations.<\/p>\n<p>It takes us back to the beginning of a classic environmental study that continues today, spanning over sixty years\u2014research and experiences that would transform one of the most despised creatures on Earth into an icon of wilderness and ecological health.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>About the authors:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">David Mech is a senior research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor in the departments of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. Among his many books are The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species and the coauthored The Wolves of Denali (both from the University of Minnesota Press). He is founder of the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Greg Breining has written for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic Traveler, and Audubon, among many other publications. He has written more than a dozen books, including Wild Shore: Exploring Lake Superior by Kayak (Minnesota, 2000).<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>About the International Wolf Center:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future. For more information about the International Wolf Center, visit\u00a0wolf.org.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>About the University of Minnesota Press:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The University of Minnesota Press is recognized internationally\u00a0for its innovative, boundary-breaking editorial program in the humanities and social sciences and as publisher of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the most widely used objective tests of personality in the world. Minnesota also maintains as part of its mission a strong commitment to publishing books on the people, history, and natural environment of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Established in 1925, Minnesota is among the founding members of the Association of University Presses (AUP). For more information, visit https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">The post <a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/wolf.org\/headlines\/virtual-book-launch-planned-to-celebrate-dr-david-mechs-latest-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual book launch planned to celebrate Dr. David Mech&#8217;s latest book<\/a> first appeared on <a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/wolf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Wolf Center<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In the late 1940s, a few wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect \u201claboratory\u201d for a long-term study of predators and prey. 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