A storied wilderness : rewilding the Apostle Islands / James W. Feldman ; foreword by William Cronon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldman, James W.

Contributor:

Cronon, William.

Series:

Weyerhaeuser environmental book.

Weyerhaeuser environmental books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restoration ecology--Wisconsin--Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

Restoration ecology.

Lake ecology--Wisconsin--Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

Lake ecology.

Lakes--Management--Wisconsin--Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

Lakes.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wis.)--History.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wis.).

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wis.)--Management.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wis.)--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How should we understand and value wild places with human pasts? James Feldman argues convincingly that such places provide the opportunity to rethink the human place in nature. The Apostle Islands are an ideal setting for telling the national story of how we came to equate human activity with the loss of wilderness characteristics when in reality all of our cherished wild places are the products of the complicated interactions between human and natural history."--pub. desc.

A Storied Wilderness traces the complex history of human interaction with the Apostle Islands. In the 1930's, resource extraction made it seem like the islands' natural beauty had been lost forever. But as the island forests regenerated, The ways that people used and valued the islands changed--human and natural processes together led To The re-wilding of the Apostles. In 1970, The Apostles were included in the national park system and ultimately designated as the Gaylord Nelson Wilderness.

"The Apostle Islands are a solitary place of natural beauty, with red sandstone cliffs, secluded beaches, and a rich and unique forest surrounded by the cold, blue waters of Lake Superior. But this seemingly pristine wilderness has been shaped and reshaped by humans. The people who lived and worked in the Apostles built homes, cleared fields, and cut timber in the island forests. The consequences of human choices made more than a century ago can still be read in today's wild landscapes.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword | Irrevocable Lessons of Vanishing Fields by William Cronon

Acknowledgments

Introduction | Stories in the Wilderness

1 | Lines in the Forest

2 | Creating a Legible Fishery

3 | Consuming the Islands

4 | Sand Island Stories

5 | A Tale of Two Parks: Rewilding the Islands, 1929-1970

6 | Rewilding and the Manager's Dilemma

Epilogue | Reading Legible Landscapes

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780295802978

0295802979

OCLC:

744363014