Wilderness Management Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values

by Dawson, Chad P.; Hendee, John C.

• ISBN13: 9781682754481
• ISBN10: 1682754480
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-11-05
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing

Summary

The classic reference on wilderness stewardship and protection, revised and fully updated. For thirty years the classic textbook WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT has presented the most complete and authoritative information available on wilderness stewardship and the protection of its resources and values. The seventeen chapters of the book provide the reader with a working knowledge of the history, legislation, policies, and practices of wilderness planning and stewardship in the United States carried out by the four federal agencies — Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wildlife Service— entrusted with the protection and stewardship of the more than 107 million acre National Wilderness Preservation System.

Author Biography

Professor Resource, Recreation, and Tourism, and Director of the University of Idaho Wilderness Research Center, John C. Hendee is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Wilderness and a director of the WILD Foundation. Chad P. Dawson is professor of Recreation Resources Management in the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at the State University of New York at Syracuse (ESF-SUNY). Professor Resource, Recreation, and Tourism, and Director of the University of Idaho Wilderness Research Center, John C. Hendee is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Wilderness and a director of the WILD Foundation. Chad P. Dawson is professor of Recreation Resources Management in the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at the State University of New York at Syracuse (ESF-SUNY).