ABSTRACT

Based on the proceedings of the First National Wilderness Management Workshop, this book is designed to serve as a guide to understanding and implementing the 1964 Wilderness Act. The contributors examine the major issues involved in administering the eighty million acres of federal land that constitute the National Wilderness Preservation System,

part 1|15 pages

Charting New Directions

part 2|37 pages

Federal Lands— As Bureau Chiefs View Them

part 3|19 pages

The Citizen Role in Management

chapter |2 pages

Professionals and the Public

chapter |2 pages

Volunteers at the Grass Roots

chapter |5 pages

How the Public Can Help

chapter |2 pages

Facing Competing Demands

part 4|15 pages

Realities of Resource Conflict

part 5|25 pages

Managing Fire in Wilderness

part 6|12 pages

Wilderness and Wildlife

chapter |4 pages

A State Director Speaks

chapter |5 pages

Recognizing the Schism

part 7|21 pages

One Wilderness System— East, West, Alaska

chapter |7 pages

To Dispel a Myth

chapter |6 pages

Wilderness in Alaska

chapter |4 pages

Diversity and Unity

chapter |4 pages

Wilderness in the East

part 8|28 pages

Challenges of Access, Development, Outfitting

chapter |3 pages

Purity by Definition

chapter |2 pages

Outfitters and Ethics

chapter |3 pages

Controlling Use—And Paying for It

part 10|15 pages

The Next Steps

chapter |9 pages

Moving to Action

chapter |6 pages

The Management Action Program

Edited ByMichael Frome