Averting Extinction: Reconstructing Endangered Species Recovery

The Black-footed Ferret, Once Thought Extinct, Was Rediscovered In Wyoming In 1981. In This Book, Tim Clark Tells The Story Of Subsequent Efforts To Save The Black-footed Ferret, Showing How It Points Up The Necessity Of Finding New Ways To Conserve And Restore Species. Pt. I. The Ferret Program And Its Behavior. 1. Black-footed Ferrets: From Near Extinction To Near Recovery. 2. Participants And Perspectives: Complexity Of Joint Action. 3. Intelligence Failures And Delays: Two Program Pathologies. 4. Program Structure As Political Process: Designing For Control. 5. Goals, Power, And Conflict: Making Decisions. 6. Advisory Teams, Coordinators, And Field Teams: Legitimizing And Bureaucratizing. 7. Organizational Learning: Institutionalizing Ignorance. 8. Problem Definition: Analytical Framework, Process, And Outcome -- Pt. Ii. Reconstructing Endangered Species Recovery. 9. Species Recovery As Policy Process: Shifting The Perspective. 10. New Organizational Arrangements: Processing Information For Effectiveness. Tim W. Clark. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [239]-257) And Index.