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Two articles in this issue of the journal address natural disasters and the implications for wilderness areas, specifically focused on the impacts of the 2004 hurricanes that devastated many national forest lands in Florida. Russell Mittermeier, Frank Hawkins, Serge Rajaobelina and Oliver Landgrand contribute an article focused on the Biodiversity Hotspot of Madagascar and conservation efforts there. Other topics include:
- Eastern U.S. Wilderness
- 8th World Wilderness Congress
- White Mountain National Forest
- Cultural Values of Wilderness
TABLE of CONTENTS
FEATURES
EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVES Is Eastern Wilderness “Real”? BY REBECCA ORESKES
SOUL OF THE WILDERNESS Florida Wilderness: Working with Traditional Tools after a Hurricane BY SUSAN JENKINS
STEWARDSHIP
A Truly National Wilderness Preservation System BY DOUGLAS W. SCOTT
Keeping the Wild in Wilderness: Minimizing Nonconforming Uses in the National Wilderness Preservation System BY GEORGE NICKAS and KEVIN PROESCHOLDT
Developing Wilderness Indicators on the White Mountain National Forest BY DAVE NEELY
Understanding the Cultural, Existence, and Bequest Values of Wilderness BY RUDY M. SCHUSTER, H. KEN CORDELL, and BRAD PHILLIPS
8th World Wilderness Congress Generates Conservation Results BY VANCE G. MARTIN
SCIENCE and RESEARCH
PERSPECTIVES FROM THE ALDO LEOPOLD WILDERNESS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Social and Institutional Influences on Wilderness Fire Stewardship BY KATIE KNOTEK
Wilderness: In Whose Backyard? BY GARY T. GREEN, MICHAEL A. TARRANT, UTTIYO RAYCHAUDHURI, and YANGJIAN ZHANG
EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION
Changes in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters: When Is Too Much Change Unacceptable to Visitors? BY JOSEPH FLOOD AND CRAIG COLISTRA
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Wilderness Conservation in a Biodiversity Hotspot BY RUSSELL A. MITTERMEIER, FRANK HAWKINS, SERGE RAJAOBELINA, and OLIVIER LANGRAND
WILDERNESS DIGEST
Announcements and Wilderness Calendar
Book Reviews
How Should America’s Wilderness Be Managed? EDITED BY STUART A. KALLEN, REVIEWED BY JOHN SHULTIS