Wilderness and the Common Good : A New Ethic of Citizenship.

Intro -- The Wilderness Act -- and Its Legacy -- Opposition -- Wilderness as an Overlay -- Public Opinion Today -- The Relationship between Wilderness and Mining -- Lessons -- Moving to the Farm -- Values and -- Common Ground -- Facts and Values -- Value Definition -- Natural Values -- The Tragedy of the Commons -- Value Hierarchies -- Common Ground and Shared Values -- Barriers to Collective Action -- Compromise -- Lost in the Wilderness -- Human Presence, Conservation, and Wise Use -- Western and Non-western Conceptions -- Conservation versus Sustainable Development -- Bear Country -- Wilderness and the Political Process -- The Policy-making Process -- Congressional Designation -- Partisanship -- Bison, Brucellosis, and Values -- Advocacy and Education -- Higher Education -- Experiential Education -- A Course on the Stewardship of Public Lands -- Advocacy for Wilderness and for Education -- Young People -- in Yellowstone -- Wilderness and -- Our National Parks -- and Forests -- Wildness for the Masses -- Education within Park and Forest Borders -- Yellowstone -- National Park and Forest Service Mission -- Rollin' on a River -- (or, Sunglasses at Night) -- The Future -- of Wilderness -- The Need for Wilderness Today -- Wilderness and Citizenship -- Moving Forward.

A scholar's examination of how wilderness and its preservation enriches all of our lives.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.