Return of the Wild: The Future Of Our National Lands
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1559639261 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 225 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Sponsored by the Pew Wilderness Center, the book brings together leading thinkers and writers to examine why nature in its most untrammeled state is vitally important to all of us; what currently threatens wild country; and what can be done not merely to conserve more of it, but also to return it to our lives and consciousness.Contributors including Vine Deloria, Jr., Chris Madson, Mike Matz, Richard Nelson, Thomas M. As individuals and as a nation we believe that if we recycle and buy fuel-efficient cars we have done our part to protect the environment. If we don't conserve the still-undeveloped places of the earth, human life will be disconnected from its fellow animals and torn from its roots. The book also features a completely new four-color mapping of the remaining roadless areas on federal lands, as well as the National Wilderness Preservation System, now measuring 106 million acres, in which much of this roadless land could one day be included.This first annual editionis both an inspiring and thoughtful introduction to wilderness subjects for the general public and an invaluable reference for legislators, the media, and conservation organizations. Humans will still exist, but as Ted Kerasote explains in his insightful introduction, "we'll be like potted trees in the foyers of great skyscrapers -- alone and not part o
A Customer said Compelling treatise for saving wilderness. This book does a marvelous job, through its various voices, of making the case for protecting our publicly owned domain as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The essayists are some of today's most renown nature and political writers, and the content and flow of the pieces are very readable, very accessible. The general public will derive great benefit from this w. "Five Stars" according to Theresa. Love anything and everything Mr. Kerasote does!