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An open pit visible from the moon : the Wilderness Act and the fight to protect Miners Ridge and the public interest / Adam M. Sowards.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sowards, Adam M., author.
- Series:
- Environment in modern North America
- The environment in modern North America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmentalism--Political aspects--United States.
- Environmentalism.
- Copper mines and mining--Environmental aspects--Washington (State)--Glacier Peak Wilderness.
- Copper mines and mining.
- Strip mining--Environmental aspects--Washington (State)--Glacier Peak Wilderness.
- Strip mining.
- United States. Wilderness Act.
- United States.
- Kennecott Copper Corporation.
- Public interest--United States.
- Public interest.
- Strip mining--Environmental aspects.
- Copper mines and mining--Environmental aspects.
- Environmentalism--Political aspects.
- Glacier Peak Wilderness (Wash.)--Environmental conditions.
- Glacier Peak Wilderness (Wash.).
- Wilderness Act (United States).
- Ecology.
- Washington (State)--Glacier Peak Wilderness.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Combines rigorous analysis and deft storytelling of the struggle to define the contours of the Wilderness Act when the Kennecott Copper Corporation announced its plan to develop an open-pit mine in the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806165011
- 0806165014
- OCLC:
- 1129404579
- Publisher Number:
- 99984753037
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