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Lecture given by Brock Evans. Opening remarks by Dr. Ed Krumpe, Associate Professor in the University of Idaho Department of Wildland Recreation Management and Director of the University of Idaho Wilderness Research center. Introduction by Michael Frome. The lecture commences with a brief discussion of Evans' recent defeat in the run for congress, as touched on in the introduction, and why he is glad to be back at the University. The lecture details the long hours and intensive schedule needed to campaign for office, the impact on a canadite's psyche and the process of learning how to operate as a politician. The lecture then ties into the subject of wilderness and why people feel so strongly about it. Evans gives his own first experience with wilderness, in Glacier National Park, how he moved to Seatle, and got a job protecting wilderness areas with the Sierra Club. The lecture continues the story of Evans' congressional defeat and how a trip into Olympic National Park helped him to heal from that experience. The lesson of the wilderness, he says, is that there is something out there bigger than ourselves and that it will go on. The lecture then sites environmentalists throughout America's history calling for it's preservation, and now that that preservation exists people should not forget that it was fought hard for. The lecture continues with a look at how far conservation has come in four states since the 1960's. Lastly two stories are told exemplifying Evans' motto of 'endless pressure, endlessly applied' as a strategy for winning wilderness conservation through polotics and an example is given of the happy results after those victories are won. At the end of the lecture there is a question and answer section. The last page holds a promotion for the Wilderness Research Center.

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In Celebration of Wilderness: The Progress and the Promise
Creator:
Brock Evans
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1984-11-14
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Lecture given by Brock Evans. Opening remarks by Dr. Ed Krumpe, Associate Professor in the University of Idaho Department of Wildland Recreation Management and Director of the University of Idaho Wilderness Research center. Introduction by Michael Frome. The lecture commences with a brief discussion of Evans' recent defeat in the run for congress, as touched on in the introduction, and why he is glad to be back at the University. The lecture details the long hours and intensive schedule needed to campaign for office, the impact on a canadite's psyche and the process of learning how to operate as a politician. The lecture then ties into the subject of wilderness and why people feel so strongly about it. Evans gives his own first experience with wilderness, in Glacier National Park, how he moved to Seatle, and got a job protecting wilderness areas with the Sierra Club. The lecture continues the story of Evans' congressional defeat and how a trip into Olympic National Park helped him to heal from that experience. The lesson of the wilderness, he says, is that there is something out there bigger than ourselves and that it will go on. The lecture then sites environmentalists throughout America's history calling for it's preservation, and now that that preservation exists people should not forget that it was fought hard for. The lecture continues with a look at how far conservation has come in four states since the 1960's. Lastly two stories are told exemplifying Evans' motto of 'endless pressure, endlessly applied' as a strategy for winning wilderness conservation through polotics and an example is given of the happy results after those victories are won. At the end of the lecture there is a question and answer section. The last page holds a promotion for the Wilderness Research Center.
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lectures bills (legislative records) national parks campaigns political campaigns wilderness areas 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
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wrdl07
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text
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application/pdf

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