Last Great Wilderness
304 pages, 6 x 9
Hardcover
Release Date:01 May 2006
ISBN:9781889963839
Last Great Wilderness
The Campaign to Establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
By Roger Kaye
University of Alaska Press
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of the conflict between America’s demand for oil and nature at its most pristine. Three decades before the battle over oil development began, a group of visionary conservationists launched a controversial campaign to preserve a remote corner of Alaska. Their goal was unprecedented—to protect an entire ecosystem for future generations. Among these conservationists were Olaus and Margaret Murie, who became icons of the wilderness movement.
Last Great Wilderness chronicles their fight and that of their compatriots, tracing the transformation of this little-known expanse of mountains, forest, and tundra into a symbolic landscape embodying the ideals and aspirations that led to passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964.
Last Great Wilderness chronicles their fight and that of their compatriots, tracing the transformation of this little-known expanse of mountains, forest, and tundra into a symbolic landscape embodying the ideals and aspirations that led to passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964.
At once a great story and an authoritative history, documenting the power of wilderness values and the determination of those who fought to preserve a remarkable place.
Kaye tells a detailed story of idealism and politics, richly illustrated by maps, drawings, and stunning color photographs.
Roger Kaye had been a wilderness specialist and airplane pilot with the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for over twenty years. He is an affiliate professor of Northern Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he teaches courses on environmental psychology and wilderness management.
Map of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Color plates
1 Genesis of the Campaign
2 To Northeast Alaska
3 A Last Great Wilderness
4 The 1956 Sheenjek Expedition
5 Wilderness, Wildlife Range, or Both?
6 Finally, Legislation Introduced
7 Senate Hearings
8 House Passage, Senate Inaction, Executive Action
9 A Symbol of Wilderness
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
