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...literary left to publish his memoirs. Other recent recollections of this once exclusive and fractious fraternity include Irving Howe's A Margin of Hope and William Barrett's The Truants: Adventures Among the Intellectuals. They were, in Critic Harold Rosenberg's memorable phrase, "the herd of independent minds," part of the theory class that dominated political and cultural debate from the '30s through the '50s. Although deaths, dispersions and change have greatly reduced the group's influence, its value should not be underestimated. Ideas, like less durable products, reach the public through a network...
Madison is also a biologist. His job is to manage game populations and enforce hunting and fishing laws in a vast 1,200-sq.-mi. area, most of it in the White River National Forest of northwest Colorado. It is the home of the largest elk herd (about 18,000 in all) in North America. His base is Meeker (pop. 2,356), the sleepy seat of Rio Blanco County, a town without a traffic light or a movie theater. In winter deer wander through town and are sometimes killed by motorists on Main Street. The town's economy depends...
Later a rancher asks Madison where the elk hunting is good and what is the condition of the herd. Madison is polite with him, but he tells a visitor that he suspects the man allowed hunters-illegally-to kill two deer on his land during the season last year. "We didn't have enough evidence to make a case, but we're watching him real close this season...
...Denver. The country is truly beautiful-deep aspen and spruce forests, snowcapped mountains and rolling ranchland-and this partly makes up for the lack of friendship in town. So does the great variety of his work. One day he may be up before dawn to survey an elk herd by helicopter. The next day he and Duke may hike ten miles into the high country to stock a remote lake with trout. When Madison checks fishing licenses on a lake, Duke sleeps in the canoe. "He's smart, but I can't teach him to paddle," jokes Madison...
...game for some hunters. They don't need the meat. They're just greedy or lucky," says Madison. "To manage the herd, we have to kill some of the animals. I know how happy I am when I'm hunting. And it pleases me to see someone have a good hunting experience. I don't want to get in the way any more than I have...