Word: alston
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Natural migration probably cannot restock Yellowstone, which is why the political jostling goes on. Big, burly Dave Mech, widely accepted as the world's leading authority on wolves, says Yellowstone is ideal for Canis lupus. Alston Chase, the cantankerous philosopher who wrote Playing God in Yellowstone, thinks the U.S. has a moral obligation to return wolves to the park. But the wolves' most effective ally may be Renee Askins, 30, of Moose, Wyo., a wildlife ecologist who stumps for an advocacy group she founded called the Wolf Fund...
...critics say it is irresponsible to pretend that Yellowstone and other high-use wilderness areas can thrive on nature alone. "Letting nature take its course here is not based on realistic assumptions," says Alston Chase, author of Playing God in Yellowstone. "What starts as a policy of laissez- faire ends up becoming a policy of massive interference." Chase advocates setting controlled fires to produce the desired mosaic of vegetation, while creating breaks that would prevent natural fires from spreading out of control. "You don't prevent forest fires," says Chase. "You just postpone them by building up fuels. This summer...
...will not restore the parks to the purity of Eden, nor halt the waves of people pressing in on them. "Preservation involves two paradoxes," writes Alston Chase, author of Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of America's First National Park. "We can restore and sustain the appearance of undisturbed wilderness only by admitting that undisturbed wilderness no longer exists." Watt was right that the parks cannot be preserved like museum pieces under glass. But without better management, they risk becoming lessons in how quickly man can use up a continent...
...shelters across the country, the new homeless are attempting to come to terms with their daunting circumstances. Kerry Alston, 24, looks like thousands of other city students as he saunters through Manhattan's crowds on his way to a computer class, a bookbag slung jauntily over one shoulder. But when he leaves the refuge of the classroom, Alston returns to the buzzing confusion of the Fort Washington Armory in New York City, an enormous room that sleeps as many as 900 men. Alston's luck went bad after he lost his job as a security guard last July and then...
...Though Alston chose to move from the playing field to the dugout, several other major leaguers have retired to the broadcasting booth. Five points if you can name the announcer below who socked the most home runs in his major league career, and one additional point for naming the team with which each announcer started...