Blue Wolf in Green Fire: A Woods Cop Mystery Book

Another adventurous tour through the wilderness of the Upper Peninsula with Grady Service, newly appointed, and first, Wildlife Resource Protection Unit detective, and 20-year veteran DNR Conservation Officer. Service finds himself reporting to everyone, including the FBI, while investigating trophy kills, a 50-caliber rifle, an explosion at a wolf reintroduction site, murder, environmental zealot mayhem and the best place for sub sandwiches. We lucky readers have a close view of the breadth and depth of Michigan's U.P. as Service spends more time driving his truck than boots on the ground. We get a darn good wolf education, and a conservation officer's view of the government's program of wolf management. This book was published in 2002, and Heywood knocks on wood in the acknowledgments that our gray wolf packs prosper, from the 200 animals counted at publication. Unfortunately the government in Michigan has chosen to open wolf hunting in 2012, with only 700 wolves estimated. We need more Joseph Heywoods, protecting our natural environment, and fewer bureaucrats selling our wilderness habitat to trophy hunters.