Drawing lines in the forest : creating wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest / Kevin R. Marsh ; foreword by William Cronon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsh, Kevin R.

Series:

Weyerhaeuser environmental book.

Weyerhaeuser environmental books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilderness areas--Cascade Range--History.

Wilderness areas.

Sustainable development--Cascade Range Region.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Creating wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing boundaries around wilderness areas often serves a double purpose: protection of the land within the boundary and release of the land outside the boundary to resource extraction and other development. In Drawing Lines in the Forest, Kevin R. Marsh discusses the roles played by various groups-the Forest Service, the timber industry, recreationists, and environmentalists-in arriving at these boundaries. He shows that pragmatic, rather than ideological, goals were often paramount, with all sides benefiting.After World War II, representatives of both logging and recreation use sought to draw boundaries that would serve to guarantee access to specific areas of public lands. The logging industry wanted to secure a guaranteed supply of timber, as an era of stewardship of the nation's public forests gave way to an emphasis on rapid extraction of timber resources. This spawned a grassroots preservationist movement that ultimately challenged the managerial power of the Forest Service. The Wilderness Act of 1964 provided an opportunity for groups on all sides to participate openly and effectively in the political process of defining wilderness boundaries.The often contentious debates over the creation of wilderness areas in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington represent the most significant stages in the national history of wilderness conservation since World War II: Three Sisters, North Cascades and Glacier Peak, Mount Jefferson, Alpine Lakes, French Pete, and the state-wide wilderness acts of 1984.

Contents:

Introduction : bringing wilderness history back to the land

The Three Sisters, 1950-1964

The North Cascades, 1956-1968

Mount Jefferson, 1961-1968

The Alpine Lakes, 1958-1976

Returning French Pete to the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, 1968-1978

Picking up the pieces, 1977-1984

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9780295989860

0295989866

OCLC:

698590900