This work brings together thinkers and writers from diverse fields - including Timothy Clark, Daniel Kemmis, Ernest Patridge, Steward T.A. Pickett, Joseph Sax, Ridger Schlickeisen and others - to address the ethical, biological, legal and political concerns surrounding wolf reintroduction.

The final chapter by Niles Eldredge takes the point of view of evolutionary time and ecological scale, challenging us to develop a new consciousness regarding our position in the natural world. "Wolves and Human Communities" offers an examination of interactions between human and wild communities, and represents a useful contribution to debates over species reintroduction for policymakers, researchers, ecologists, sociologists, lawyers, ethicists, philosophers and local residents.