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"Playing God in Yellowstone."
Atlantic Monthly Press, 8 Arlington St., Boston, Mass. 02116. 446 pp. $24.95. Author: Alston Chase
-Yellowstone National Park, which Theo-

dore Roosevelt called "a natural breeding-
ground" for wild animals, faces a peculiar
crisis. Indeed, wildlife that Roosevelt saw
in Yellowstone in 1903 has vanished. Gone
are the wolf, coyote, and white-tailed deer,
and formerly flourishing beaver, bighorn
sheep, an...