Mountains Without Handrails: Reflections on the National Parks

Proposes a novel scheme for the protection and management of America's national parks

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Posted: Apr-29-2009

Mountains Without Handrails

How is one to experience nature, wilderness? Is this in fact a moral question or can it only be a matter of personal preference? The author raises this question (in 1980) in the context of US National Parks, which being public lands, require a management policy that takes account of the public's...

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Posted: Feb-25-2006

Reflections on keeping the riff-raff out, even in a democracy

This book is a thoughtful and serious rebuttal to the argument that wilderness preservation is an elitist (even undemocratic) concern. Backpacking, wilderness designations, restrictions on development, and the like all *look* elitist. Backpacking is a pursuit of the educated upper-middle class,...

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Posted: Sep-30-2000

A timely reminder, even 20 years later

Joseph Sax does an eloquent job of retracing the history of national parks with an emphasis on the differences between what was intended and what has been implemented. He writes not only of how our reserved lands are viewed, but also about how different sectors of the population believe these...

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