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Uncertain path : a search for the future of national parks / William C. Tweed ; with a foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tweed, William C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National parks and reserves--United States--Management.
- National parks and reserves.
- National parks and reserves--United States--Forecasting.
- National parks and reserves--United States--Philosophy.
- Nature conservation--United States.
- Nature conservation.
- Environmental protection--United States.
- Environmental protection.
- Wilderness areas--California.
- Wilderness areas.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Environmental condiitions.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.).
- Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)--Environmental condiitions.
- Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.).
- Sequoia National Park (Calif.)--Environmental condiitions.
- Sequoia National Park (Calif.).
- Tweed, William C--Travel--California.
- Tweed, William C.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this provocative walking meditation, writer and former park ranger William Tweed takes us to California's spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for our national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada's big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles along California's John Muir Trail in a personal search for answers: How do we address the climate change we are seeing even now-in melting glaciers in Glacier National Park, changing rainy seasons on Mt Rainer, and more fire in the West's iconic parks. Should we intervene where we can to preserve biodiversity? Should the parks merely become ecosystem museums that exhibit famous landscapes and species? Asking how we can make these magnificent parks relevant for the next generation, Tweed, through his journey, ultimately shows why we must do just that.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. South from Yosemite
- 2. Kings Canyon National Park
- 3. Sequoia National Park
- 4. National Parks in the Twenty-first Century
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612732492
- 9781282732490
- 1282732498
- 9780520947306
- 0520947304
- OCLC:
- 663969208
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