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This issue of the IJW salutes forty years of the US Wilderness Act. John Hendee and Chad Dawson contribute a special editorial perspective on this significant milestone. In the education and communication section, Dawson and Hendee also provide an overview of wilderness-related courses at US Colleges and Universities and Suzanne Caswell and Rob Meltzer introduce the Wilderness Therapy Symposium Series at Naropa University. John Shultis reviews the book, “Wilderness: Earth’s Last Wild Places,” by Russell A. Mittermeier et al. Other topics in this issue include:
- Legislative Special Provisions
- Wilderness Visitors and Impacts
- Announcement of the 8th World Wilderness Congress (Alaska, 2005)
- Wilderness in Panama & Alaska
TABLE of CONTENTS
FEATURES
EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVES IJW Salutes Forty Years of the Wilderness Act BY JOHN C. HENDEE and CHAD P. DAWSON
SOUL OF THE WILDERNESS Progress after Forty Years under the U.S. Wilderness Act BY JOHN C. HENDEE and CHAD P. DAWSON
STEWARDSHIP
The Wilderness Act at Forty: Looking Back, Looking Ahead BY DOUGLAS W. SCOTT
The Idea of Wilderness BY TINAMARIE EKKER
A Special Piece of Alaskan Wilderness: We Need to Save Such Places BY MICHAEL McBRIDE
Portable Fence Roller Facilitates Fence Removal by Volunteers in Steens Mountain Wilderness BY CINDY WITZEL and JERRY SUTHERLAND
SCIENCE and RESEARCH
Legislative Intent, Science and Special Provisions in Wilderness: A Process for Navigating Statutory Compromises BY ALAN E. WATSON, MICHAEL PATTERSON, NEAL CHRISTENSEN, ANNETTE PUTTKAMMER, and SHANNON MEYER
Information about WIlderness Visitors and Recreation Impacts: Is It Adequate? BY DAVID N. COLE and VITA WRIGHT
PERSPECTIVES FROM THE ALDO LEOPOLD WILDERNESS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Mapping the United States National Wilderness Preservation System BY DAVE SPILDIE
EDUCATION and COMMUNICATION
Wilderness-Related Courses in Natural Resource Programs at U.S. Colleges and Universities BY CHAD P. DAWSON and JOHN C. HENDEE
Naropa University Launches Wilderness Therapy Symposium Series BY SUZANNE CASWELL and ROB MELTZER
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
The 8th World Wilderness Congress: Alaska and Siberia BY VANCE G. MARTIN
The End of the Road: The Darien Jungle BY HAVEN COOK
WILDERNESS DIGEST
Announcements and Wilderness Calendar
Book Reviews
Wilderness: Earth’s Last Wild Places BY RUSSELL A. MITTERMEIER ET AL., REVIEW BY JOHN SHULTIS
Making Parks Work: Strategies for Preserving Tropical Nature EDITED BY JOHN TERBORGH, CAREL VAN SCHAIK, LISA DAVENPORT, and MADHU RAO. REVIEW BY JOHN SHULTIS