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Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)
ISBN : UCBK:C032600954
Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Environmental impact statements
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111515248
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556036793982
Author : David Beesley
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874176346
John Muir called it the "Range of Light, the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains I’ve ever seen." The Sierra Nevada—a single unbroken mountain range stretching north to south over four hundred miles, best understood as a single ecosystem but embracing a number of environmental communities—has been the site of human activity for millennia. From the efforts of ancient Native Americans to encourage game animals by burning brush to create meadows to the burgeoning resort and residential development of the present, the Sierra has endured, and often suffered from, the efforts of humans to exploit its bountiful resources for their own benefit. Historian David Beesley examines the history of the Sierra Nevada from earliest times, beginning with a comprehensive discussion of the geologic development of the range and its various ecological communities. Using a wide range of sources, including the records of explorers and early settlers, scientific and government documents, and newspaper reports, Beesley offers a lively and informed account of the history, environmental challenges, and political controversies that lie behind the breathtaking scenery of the Sierra. Among the highlights are discussions of the impact of the Gold Rush and later mining efforts, as well as the supporting industries that mining spawned, including logging, grazing, water-resource development, market hunting, urbanization, and transportation; the politics and emotions surrounding the establishment of Yosemite and other state and national parks; the transformation of the Hetch Hetchy into a reservoir and the desertification of the once-lush Owens Valley; the roles of the Forest Service, Park Service, and other regulatory agencies; the consequences of the fateful commitment to wildfire suppression in Sierran forests; and the ever-growing impact of tourism and recreational use. Through Beesley’s wide-ranging discussion, John Muir’s "divinely beautiful" range is revealed in all its natural and economic complexity, a place that at the beginning of the twenty-first century is in grave danger of being loved to death. Available in hardcover and paperback.
Author : Lary M. Dilsaver
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781442256842
Now in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in America's national park system. The extensive collection of documents illustrates the system's creation, development, and management. The documents include laws that established and shaped the system; policy statements on park management; Park Service self-evaluations; and outside studies by a range of scientists, conservation organizations, private groups, and businesses. A new appendix includes summaries of pivotal court cases that have further interpreted the Park Service mission.
Author : Jerry J. Frank
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700619320
On September 4, 1915, hundreds of people gathered in Estes Park, Colorado, to celebrate the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park. This new nature preserve held the promise of peace, solitude, and rapture that many city dwellers craved. As Jerry Frank demonstrates, however, the park is much more than a lovely place. Rocky Mountain National Park was a keystone in broader efforts to create the National Park Service, and its history tells us a great deal about Colorado, tourism, and ecology in the American West. To Frank, the tensions between tourism and ecology have played out across a natural stage that is anything but passive. At nearly every turn the National Park Service found itself face-to-face with an environment that was difficult to anticipate—and impossible to control. Frank first takes readers back to the late nineteenth century, when Colorado boosters—already touting the Rocky Mountains’ restorative power for lung patients—set out to attract more tourists and generate revenue for the state. He then describes how an ecological perspective came to Rocky in fits and starts, offering a new way of imagining the park that did not sit comfortably with an entrenched management paradigm devoted to visitor recreation and comfort. Frank examines a wide range of popular activities including driving, hiking, skiing, fishing, and wildlife viewing to consider how they have impacted the park’s flora and fauna, often leaving widespread transformation in their wake. He subjects the decisions of park officials to close but evenhanded scrutiny, showing how in their zeal to return the park to what they understood as its natural state, they have tinkered with its features—sometimes with less than desirable results. Today’s Rocky Mountain National Park serves both competing visions, maintaining accessible roads and vistas for the convenience of tourists while guarding its backcountry to preserve ecological values. As the park prepares to celebrate its centennial, Frank’s book advances our understanding of its past while also providing an important touchstone for addressing its problems in the present and future.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Wilderness areas
ISBN : UOM:39015081208384
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119495492
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1092 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015081160197
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1660 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:31951P01180895J
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019574933
Author : David N. Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Camp sites, facilities, etc
ISBN : UIUC:30112104055832
Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Backpacking
ISBN : UOM:39015024926803
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : UOM:39015013560415
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)
ISBN : UOM:39015051251166
