Making a Difference : Inspirational Stories of How Outdoor Industry and Individuals Are Working to Preserve America's Natural Places

by Amy Irvine; introduction by Rick Ridgeway

• ISBN13: 9780762709137
• ISBN10: 0762709138
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

This is a book about grassroots environmental organizations fighting to save the wilderness.

Author Biography

Formerly a nationally-ranked competitive rock climber and ski guide, wilderness advocate and freelance writer Amy Irvine makes her home among the red rock canyons of southern Utah. Her work has appeared in Climbing and Rock and Ice, as well as several anthologies of short stories.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	xiii
Rick Ridgeway
Wed to a River	1	(18)
North Fork of the Payette River, Idaho, 1988-1999
A Gift of Red Rock	19	(20)
Dugout Ranch, Utah, 1992-1997
Wild at Heart	39	(20)
The Tatshenshini River, Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon, 1989-1995
Art of Stone	59	(18)
New York State's Shawangunks, 1991-1993
Blood Roots	77	(14)
Inter Tribal Sinkyone Wilderness Park, California, 1986-1997
Full Circle	91	(16)
The South Yuba River, California, 1983-1999
Viva Ia Tortuga!	107	(20)
Sea Turtles on the South Texas Coast, 1982-2000
The Alchemy of Democracy	127	(22)
The New World Mine Outside Yellowstone, 1987-1996
The New Vertical Adventure	149	(16)
The Clavey River, California, 1990-1996
Restoration	165	(22)
Returning the Wolf to Maine's North Woods, 1994-2000
It Takes a Village	187	(22)
Headwaters Forest, California,1985-2000
Breaking the Mold	209	(14)
Alberton Gorge, Montana, 1986-2000
How You Can Make a Difference	223	(4)
John Sterling
Appendix i Contact Information	227	(6)
Appendix ii Conservation Alliance Grants	233	(16)
Appendix iii Conservation Alliance Members	249	(4)
Index	253

Excerpts

"Scott had never spoken publicly in his life. He was a quiet guy, who split his time between a dek and a boat. And the gathering was daunting; when he arrived at the library the place was elbow to elbow in people. The press was there too.
"In his even-handed, methodical way, Scott told the community about Friends of the Payette and their plans to organize against the North Fork project. But he didn't come at it as an eco-freak--ready to chain himself to a dam. Instead he blew apart the project's engineering, explaining each of the flaws in its design. He finished by demonstrating how existing dams along the Payette were poorly run and only operating at 50% efficiency. Why not maximize those dams' production rather than putting in yet another project that would greatly affect everyone's enjoyment of the river?"

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