Michael J. Yochim

Michael J. Yochim has worked as a National Park Service planner at Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks. He is also the author of Yellowstone and the Snowmobile: Locking Horns over National Park Use.

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A Week in Yellowstone's Thorofare

A Journey Through the Remotest Place

Oregon State University Press

The remotest place in the country, outside of Alaska, is a region in Yellowstone National Park ironically named the Thorofare, for its historic role as a route traversed by fur trappers. A Week in Yellowstone’s Thorofare is a history and celebration of this wild place, set within a week-long expedition that the author took with three friends in 2014.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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Protecting Yellowstone

Science and the Politics of National Park Management

University of New Mexico Press

In Protecting Yellowstone, Michael Yochim considers how park managers may best work within the contemporary policy-making context to preserve national parks.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Requiem for America’s Best Idea

National Parks in the Era of Climate Change

University of New Mexico Press, High Road Books

A poignant and thought-provoking work, Requiem for America's Best Idea investigates the interactions between people and nature and the world that can inspire and destroy them.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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