In this month's issue of Orion Magazine, I wrote a brief piece on the idea of bringing back North America's charismatic megafauna, and its potential benefits to society along with the challenges involved. Click here to read the article.
landscape of fear: in thise case, i was referring to landscapes of fear with respect to wolf food - ungulates. not human landscapes of fear, which is actually a much more rich and interesting topic. The anthropologist Paul Shepard writes a length how predators likely shaped much of the human condition via those landscapes of fear.
Excelletn article Josh - I've had a couple of blog posts of my own on your ideas (and Zimov's work) lined up for months now that I never quite get round to finishing up.
Anyway - I've seen a few articles outlining the general idea for north america and initial suggetsions of appropriate surrogates - can we expect to see more detailed proposals soon? Or are they already out there and I've missed them?
The phrase "creating landscapes of fear" should probably be excluded from public arguments in favour of this plan.
That being said, the idea is a very neat one.
landscape of fear: in thise case, i was referring to landscapes of fear with respect to wolf food - ungulates. not human landscapes of fear, which is actually a much more rich and interesting topic. The anthropologist Paul Shepard writes a length how predators likely shaped much of the human condition via those landscapes of fear.
Nice piece Josh. No doubt my kids would be enthralled. I liked the Vermeij quote at the end.
A perspective that needs to be reinforced at every opportunity. Thanks for keeping it (and us) current.
Thank you for this.
Excelletn article Josh - I've had a couple of blog posts of my own on your ideas (and Zimov's work) lined up for months now that I never quite get round to finishing up.
Anyway - I've seen a few articles outlining the general idea for north america and initial suggetsions of appropriate surrogates - can we expect to see more detailed proposals soon? Or are they already out there and I've missed them?
Thank you for this