Contents
Chapter One. Looking tor Dead Moose tor Fun
Chapter Two. A History of the Wolf-Moose Project
Chapter Three. How I Got to be a Group Leader
Chapter Four. The Winter Study
Chapter Five. The Summer Study
Chapter Six. The Wolf-Moose Project’s Home Base on Isle Royale
Chapter Seven. What Happens when Volunteers First Hit the Island
Chapter Eight. A Stressful Day and Night
Chapter Nine. Why Finding Dead Moose Can be Tricky and How to Search for Them
Chapter Ten. Look for Dead Moose, Find Dead Wolf
Chapter Eleven. Off-Trail Backcountry Backpacking and Camping
Chapter Twelve. How to do a Backcountry Off-Trail CSI
Chapter Thirteen. How to Irritate A Momma Owl
Chapter Fourteen. Boneheaded Volunteer Tricks
Chapter Fifteen. Evil Jeff
Chapter Sixteen. The Science of the Wolf-Moose Project
Chapter Seventeen. Two Example Studies from the Project and Why Long-Term Research and Citizen Science is Valuable
Chapter Eighteen. Volunteers Support Other Science Efforts
Chapter Nineteen. The Lodestone Incident
Chapter Twenty. What I Have in My Backpack for the Week
Chapter Twenty-One. Hiking in Snow
Chapter Twenty-Two. Hygiene
Chapter Twenty-Three. My Group is On-Screen Talent for a Television Show
Chapter Twenty-Four. More About Moose
Chapter Twenty-Five. Wolves and Genetic Rescue 1
Chapter Twenty-Six. The 1996 Big Moose Die-Off
Chapter Twenty-Seven. Wolves, Radio Collars, and the Kindness of Strangers
Chapter Twenty-Eight Wolves and Genetic Rescue 2
Chapter Twenty-Nine. Everything is Connected to Everything Else
Chapter Thirty. What We Eat in the Backcountry
Chapter Thirty-One. Wolfie Comes A-Calling
Chapter Thirty-Two. Type 2 Fun
Chapter Thirty-Three. The Emergency Week
Chapter Thirty-Four. What I’ve Learned from Backcountry Off-Trail Backpacking
Chapter Thirty-Five. What the Moosewatch Volunteers Contribute
Chapter Thirty-Six. End of the Week on Isle Royale
Bibliography And Further Reading