Hawks Rest: A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone

Award-winning writer Gary Ferguson sets off on a 140-mile hike into the most remote corner of the lower 48 states believing he will spend a quiet three months tracking wolf packs and communing with nature. The reality he encounters is entirely different. Ferguson comes to know the wild and beautiful core of greater Yellowstone "as a kind of sanatorium for the disenfranchised, a way station for men riding and hiding spring to fall to escape whatever curses they imagine hovering in the culture at large."

Inflamed passions over wolves is just one of the issues Ferguson confronts. He also meets greedy outfitters intent 
on breaking the laws, troubled juveniles acquainting themselves with nature, a loner who has an uncanny rapport with wildlife, park rangers turned enforcers, and wildlife biologists grappling with the challenges of preserving this magnificent slice of wilderness. It’s a wild assortment of characters each with his own agenda Ferguson's account is both a celebration of a magnificent American wilderness as well as a cautionary tale about 
the potential for its unraveling.