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Wilderness ethics : preserving the spirit of wildness / Laura and Guy Waterman ; foreword by Roderick Frazier Nash.
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Waterman, Laura
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Woodstock, Vt. : Countryman Press, ©1993.
Description
xiv, 239 pages ; 23 cm
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QH76 .W38 1993
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Wilderness areas
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United States
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Wilderness areas
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Recreational use
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Nature conservation
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Moral and ethical aspects
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Nature conservation
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Philosophy
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Wildlife conservation
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Summary note
"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.
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ISBN
0881502561 ((paperback))
9780881502565 ((paperback))
LCCN
93018436
OCLC
27810183
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