In this issue of IJW, Pablo Garrido suggests the need for inward inquiry in conservation. Dan Abbe discusses the cross cultural embrace of wilderness protection. Michelle Reilly considers different misinterpretation of wilderness. Robert Schumacker examines ways for advancing wilderness medicine training programs. And Adrian Quijada and others show the creation of sustainable conservation career tracks within Indigenous communities.
IJW looks at “The Wild Podcast” Hosted by Chris Morgan.
Wildness: What is this evocative and elusive, primal and unquantifiable quality of Wilderness? Why is it so threatened in the non-analogue future we face? Why and how should we perpetuate it?
To avert overcrowding, mitigate biophysical impacts, and ensure quality wilderness experiences, managers utilize a suite of management tools, including inventories and assessments of wilderness campsite and social conditions, to evaluate changes to use and condition over time.
Investigating the population of recreational mountaineers on two Cascade peaks to gain a better understanding of who the climbers are and to investigate the perceived crowding levels.
Shared stewardship for the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS), or the creation of partnerships, is integral to the completion of basic and fundamental stewardship tasks within wilderness (e.g., trail work, Leave No Trace education, monitoring).