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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Wilderness Ethics | |
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| Defining a Wilderness Ethic | |
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| Wildlands and People | |
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| Ecology: Knowledge and Foresight | |
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| Wilderness Within: Cultural Connections | |
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| Stewards or Citizens? | |
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| Wilderness as Home | |
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| Pioneers in Thought | |
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| Coming to Terms with Wilderness | |
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| A Developing Conviction | |
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| Embracing Wilderness | |
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| Current Perspectives | |
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| Environmental Ethics | |
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| Value Systems | |
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| The Rights of Nature | |
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| Sources of Influence | |
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| Wilderness Values | |
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| The Role of Wilderness Education | |
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| Educating for Ethics | |
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| Lessons in Nature | |
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| Wilderness Education | |
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| Personal Responsibility | |
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| Putting Ethics into Practice | |
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| Wilderness Management in the United States | |
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| Federal Land Management | |
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| What Are the Nation's Public Lands? | |
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| Major Statutes Governing Land Management | |
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| National Forests | |
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| History of the Forest Service | |
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| Organization | |
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| National Forest System Management | |
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| Land Use Planning | |
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| National Parks | |
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| History of the National Park Service | |
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| Organization | |
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| National Park System Management | |
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| Land Use Planning | |
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| Public Lands of the Bureau of Land Management | |
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| History of the Bureau of Land Management | |
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| Organization | |
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| BLM Management | |
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| Land Use Planning | |
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| National Refuges | |
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| History of the National Wildlife Refuge System | |
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| Organization | |
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| Fish and Wildlife Service Management | |
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| The Endangered Species Act | |
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| Land Use Planning | |
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| Special Management Systems on Federal Lands: Wilderness, Wild Rivers, and Scenic Trails | |
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| The National Wilderness Preservation System | |
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| The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System | |
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| The National Scenic Trails System | |
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| Land Management Challenges | |
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| Federal versus Local Control | |
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| External Threats to Public Lands | |
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| Growth in Outdoor Recreation | |
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| Balancing Competing Uses: The Multiple-Use Conundrum | |
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| Lack of Appropriated Funding | |
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| The Roles of Politics and Science in Decision Making | |
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| Wilderness Designation and Management | |
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| Land Management Opportunities | |
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| Wilderness Education | |
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| Citizen Involvement | |
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| Where to Go for Additional Information | |
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| Public Involvement in the National Environmental Policy Act Process | |
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| The Wilderness Act | |
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| Federal Land by State and Agency | |
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| Federally Designated Wilderness Acreage by State and Agency | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |