Last great wilderness : the campaign to establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge / Roger Kaye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaye, Roger, 1950 December 31-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)--History.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska).

Physical Description:

xix, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Press, [2006]

Summary:

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of the conflict between America's demand for oil and nature at its most pristine. Three decades before the battle over oil development began, a group of visionary conservationists launched a controversial campaign to preserve a remote corner of Alaska. Their goal was unprecedented--to protect an entire ecosystem for future generations. Among these conservationists were Olaus and Margaret Murie, who became icons of the wilderness movement. Last Great Wilderness chronicles their fight and that of their compatriots, tracing the transformation of this little-known expanse of mountains, forest, and tundra into a symbolic landscape embodying the ideals and aspirations that led to passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964.

Contents:

Genesis of the Campaign

To Northeast Alaska

A Last Great Wilderness

The 1956 Sheenjek Expedition

Wilderness, Wildlife Range, or Both?

Finally, Legislation Introduced

Senate Hearings

House Passage, Senate Inaction, Executive Action

A Symbol of Wilderness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.

ISBN:

1889963836

1889963844

OCLC:

62302389

Publisher Number:

9781889963839

9781889963846