Wilderness ethics : preserving the spirit of wildness / Laura and Guy Waterman ; foreword by Roderick Frazier Nash.

Author
Waterman, Laura [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Woodstock, Vt. : Countryman Press, ©1993.
Description
xiv, 239 pages ; 23 cm

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    "Without some management, the world's wilderness cannot survive the number of people who seek to enjoy it. But with too much management, or the wrong kind, we will destroy the spiritual component of wildness in our zeal to preserve its physical side. In Wilderness Ethics, Laura and Guy Waterman look beyond the ecology of the backcountry to the factors that make it "wild."" "Improved trailside facilities, large groups seeking "wilderness experiences," technological supports such as radios and emergency helicopters, and even new regulations designed to preserve wild areas, have all had an impact on the way we experience the backcountry. With humor and insight, the Watermans explore the most difficult wilderness management issues." "In Backwoods Ethics, the companion volume to this book, the authors present a "new ethic" of low-impact hiking, camping, and alpine management. In Wilderness Ethics they ask us to evaluate the impact that even "environmentally conscious" values have on the wilderness experience, and to ask the question: what are we trying to preserve? Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index.
    Contents
    • Guy Waterman: An Appreciation
    • Foreword / Roderick Frazier Nash
    • I.. Something More Than Trees and Rocks
    • 1.. Fay's Quandary
    • 2.. What Are We Trying to Preserve?
    • 3.. What Is the Wild?
    • 4.. The Spiritual Side of Wild
    • 5.. Values in Conflict in the Backcountry
    • 6.. Why the Lorax Lost
    • II.. Respect for the Mystery
    • 7.. The Numbers Racket: Large Parties and Wildness
    • 8.. Exploitation by Any Other Name
    • Case Study: Slouching toward Lake Wietelmann
    • 9.. Guidebooks and Wildness
    • Case Study: The Future of Melville Cascades
    • 10.. Trails and Wildness
    • III.. Machines Amok in the Garden
    • Case Study: Scott, Hillary, and Ma Bell
    • 11.. Radio and Wildness
    • Case Study: The Saga of the Snowmobile
    • 12.. One-Person Transportation Devices and Wildness
    • 13.. Aircraft and Wildness
    • Case Study: A Night in Odell's Gully
    • 14.. The High Cost of Search and Rescue
    • IV.. What Kind of Backcountry Do We Want?
    • 15.. Of Time and Wildness
    • 16.. Solitude amid the Multitude
    • Case Study: Winter above Treeline
    • 17.. Five Winter Trips: The End of Adventure?
    • 18.. In Defense of Difficulty
    • Epilogue: The Polar Bear Within.
    ISBN
    • 0881502561 ((paperback))
    • 9780881502565 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    93018436
    OCLC
    27810183
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