Contested landscape the politics of wilderness in Utah and the West /

Other Authors: Goodman, Doug, 1963-, McCool, Daniel, 1950-, EBSCOhost.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [1999]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages) : maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Daniel McCool
  • I.A Foundation of Facts. 1. The Evolution of the Wilderness Concept / Christopher Wehrli and Robin Clegg. 2. The U.S. Constitution and Wilderness Designation / Tina L. Compton, Kirsten Jansen and Jerold N. Willmore. 3. Weighted in the Balance: The Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Inventory / Sara McCormick and Brent Osick
  • II. The Wilderness of Politics. 4. Drawing Lines in the Desert Sand: The Politics of Public-Interest Groups / Andrew Fitzgerald and Deborah Schwabach. 5. Don't Cry Out Acreage Figures in a Crowded Theater / Lucas Smart and Amber Ayers. 6. Babel in the Wilderness: The Rhetoric of Sufficiency/Release and Excepted Activities / Meredith McKell Graff
  • III. Competition for Resources. 7. A Legacy of Conflict: Mining and Wilderness / Joshua Footer and J.T. VonLunen. 8. State Trust Lands: A Problem in Wilderness Designation / Cyrus McKell and David Harward. 9. Beef and Backpackers: Grazing in Wilderness / Christopher Krueger, Christian Senf and Janelle Eurick. 10. Divided Highway: The Politics of the Roadless Debate / Christa Powell and Buck Swaney. 11. Pottery and Pithouses: Archaeological Resources in Wilderness / R. Kelly Beck. 12. The Cost of Solitude / Chris Perri
  • IV. Lessons from the Past, Proposals for the Future. 13. The Year of Utah Wilderness: Lessons from 1984 / Richard Warnick. 14. The Community Context Approach / Doug Goodman and Daniel McCool.