In this issue
In this issue of IJW, Paul Keeling shares thoughts on the trouble with virtual wilderness. Will Rice and Chris Armatas examine visitor perspectives on dams in wilderness. Tangy Ekasi-Otu discusses the power of managers as collaborative hosts. Caleb Meyer and others investigate opportunities for solitude or unconfined recreation on the Colorado Plateau. And Martin Hawes and Grant Dixon continue our “Wilderness Babel” series with perceptions of wilderness in Australia.
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Articles
Forgetting Your Anniversary, Again
This year represents the 30th anniversary of the International Journal of Wilderness.
The Trouble with Virtual Wilderness
How the history of the 20th-century wilderness movement might give us different moral guidance as we confront this new technology.
Revisiting Human’s Role in Wilderness
The question we must ask ourselves today is familiar: Are we guardians, or are we gardeners?
The Road to Wilderness Is Not Paved
The purpose of the research is to determine how accurate and comprehensive the regulations are that are posted on trailhead kiosks.
Answering the Dam Question: Visitor Perspectives on Removing and Maintaining Dams in Wilderness
Our aim through this present research is to examine public agreement or disagreement with removing or maintaining dams in a federally designated wilderness.
The Power of Invitation: Wilderness Managers as Collaborative Hosts
The purpose of this article is to examine how wilderness managers can address diverse needs and perspectives by building culture through education and outreach.
Examining Opportunities for Solitude or Unconfined Recreation in a Colorado Plateau Wilderness Setting: A Case Study from the Canyons of the Escalante
This case study, focusing on an area in the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, explores a more ambiguous interpretation of the Wilderness Act through the lens of measures of solitude and unconfined recreation and how they diverge in a remote desert setting with increasing visitation.
Wilderness Babel: Perceptions of Wilderness in Australia
Wilderness Babel is a project created by Marcus Hall, Wilko Graf Von Hardenberg, Tina Tin, and Robert Dvorak from the original online exhibit at the Environment and Society Portal of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society.
Digital Review
A Review of Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, by Melissa L. Sevigny
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