Yosemite

The Embattled Wilderness

von Alfred Runte

352 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

How should a national park be managed? Among all of the debates affecting America’s national parks, none has proved more enduring. Nor has any park, Alfred Runte reminds us, been in the spotlight more than Yosemite. Its cast of characters is especially rich, including James Mason Hutchings, Galen Clark, Frederick Law Olmsted, John Muir, David Brower, Joseph Grinnell, George M. Wright, and Ansel Adams. Not only was Yosemite the centerpiece of their careers, it was also the wellspring of their passion for nature. Now fully revised and updated, Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness continues their story, from Yosemite’s path-breaking establishment in 1864 as a grant to California, 1890 expansion into a national park, boundary reductions and loss of the Hetch Hetchy Valley, evolution of wildlife protections and science, management practices threatening Yosemite Valley, and the fight for wilderness to the present day.

• Reihe: Lyons Press
• ISBN: 9781493052066
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.07.2020
• Größe: 256 x 177 mm
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc