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Lecture given by Russell E. Dickenson, Director of the National Park Service. Introduction by Dr. John H, Ehrenreich: Dean of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences at the Univeristy of Idaho. The lecture begins by defining 'wilderness' focusing specifcally on the definition of 'a wild condition or quality'. The lecture then compares conservation and management to that of a librarian caring for, organizing, and learning from books. The lecture claims that returning to the untouched wilderness of the past is undesirable, but instead to balance an increased demand of public recreation with preservation and protection. Examples are given of increased visitor use and management of humans is named the most difficult long term management problem. The lecture ends with what protection looks like, for what purposes, and how managers are to go about protecting National Parks and teaching others how to protect them in the future.

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Title:
Wilderness Values in the National Parks
Creator:
Russell E. Dickenson
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1981-11-12
Description:
Lecture given by Russell E. Dickenson, Director of the National Park Service. Introduction by Dr. John H, Ehrenreich: Dean of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences at the Univeristy of Idaho. The lecture begins by defining 'wilderness' focusing specifcally on the definition of 'a wild condition or quality'. The lecture then compares conservation and management to that of a librarian caring for, organizing, and learning from books. The lecture claims that returning to the untouched wilderness of the past is undesirable, but instead to balance an increased demand of public recreation with preservation and protection. Examples are given of increased visitor use and management of humans is named the most difficult long term management problem. The lecture ends with what protection looks like, for what purposes, and how managers are to go about protecting National Parks and teaching others how to protect them in the future.
Subjects:
lectures wilderness areas land management wilderness
Location:
Univeristy of Idaho Moscow, Idaho
Latitude:
46.7293
Longitude:
-117.0125
Publisher:
University of Idaho Wilderness Research Center
Source:
University of Idaho Wilderness Research Center
Source Identifier:
wrdl05
Type:
text
Format:
application/pdf

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"Wilderness Values in the National Parks", Idaho Forestry Research Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/forestryresearch/items/forestryresearch955.html
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