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poking around a marsh all by himself, a secret birder outside the Beltway. 
Other examples (among many) are trips to remote Alaskan outposts by float plane 
and homemade boat to decide what to do about an inconveniently located herd of 
musk oxen and an assignment to take two Sandhill Cranes to Tokyo as a gift to the 
emperor of Japan — and what happened when he unexpectedly had to find them 
overnight lodging in Anchorage (no, I won’t tell you). An enlightening encounter with 
Senator Mark Hatfield, traveling incognito, changed the future of a stuffed armadillo 
(I won’t tell you that, either). The neighbors in D.C. turned out to be far more than 
just Gabrielson. 
There may be other, more formal histories of wildlife management in the western 
U.S. available, but I guarantee that none is more interesting or more moving in mak- 
ing clear what an honest, determined individual can do. The book has been produced 
somewhat informally, with some editing issues and unfortunately no ISBN, but it is 
an instant classic. 
Alan Contreras 
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