Where Roads Will Never Reach [electronic resource] : Wilderness and Its Visionaries in the Northern Rockies / Frederick H. Swanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swanson, Frederick H. (Frederick Harold), 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature conservation--Rocky Mountains.

Nature conservation.

Wilderness areas--Rocky Mountains.

Wilderness areas.

National parks and reserves--Rocky Mountains.

National parks and reserves.

Rocky Mountains--Environmental conditions.

Rocky Mountains.

Rocky Mountains--Description and travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2015]

Summary:

"Areas of the Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana are some of the most important remaining examples of American wilderness. These areas have been preserved because of citizens who stood against private and government plans to build roads and dams for timber and hydropower projects and to diminish wildlife habitat. Where Roads Will Never Reach tells the stories of hunters, anglers, outfitters, scientists, and other concerned citizens who devoted themselves to protecting remnant wild lands and ecosystems in the northern Rockies. Beginning in the 1940's and 1950's, as encroaching roads, dams, and clearcuts degraded habitat for native trout, salmon, grizzly bears, and other mammals large and small, these alarmed men and women took action. Environmental historian Frederick Swanson argues that their heartfelt, eloquent message on behalf of wild creatures and the places they live helped boost the American wilderness movement to its current prominence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Prologue

The blueprint for our folly

Selway Wilderness

The "Bob" besieged

The battle of Bunker Creek

Idaho's lifeblood

Partitioning Eden

A book and its cover

Wild river

Full use and development

The storekeeper and the Kleinschmidt hoss

Rumblings along the Magruder Road

The green of our forests

The hush of the land

One powerful senator

Wilderness made rational

The organization of spirited people

Lee Metcalf and the politics of preservation

Timber and the mountain fortress

Rare redone

Negotiating a wilderness

Mountains and rivers without end

Watershed moments

The last wilderness

Deadlock

Visions of the wild Rockies

Afterword.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60781-405-6

OCLC:

909908631