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Uncertain path : a search for the future of national parks / William C. Tweed ; with a foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis.
- Title
- Uncertain path : a search for the future of national parks / William C. Tweed ; with a foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis.
- Author
- Tweed, William C.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | SB482.A4 T94 2010 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xi, 236 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- ""Uncertain Path is a must-read for wilderness and park lovers who also know that climate change must be addressed if we are to be good stewards of our natural heritage. Bill Tweed is leading us down the right trail just in time." CARL POPE, chairman, Sierra Club" ""Author and naturalist Bill Tweed, like John Muir, assumed that large, wild parks and wilderness areas could protect themselves, if we just let nature run its course. But on a hike along the John Muir Trail, Tweed comes to the realization that climate change, global population, and habital fragmentation have changed the operating rules. It is a vital lesson we must all learn and act on---quickly and decisively---if we want to pass on a wild heritage to future generations." Bruce Hamilton, Deputy Executive Director, Sierra Club" ""Bill Tweed has that rare combination of deep historical knowledge and even deeper passion for the national parks. I can't think of a better trail guide." Dayton Duncan, author of the National Parks: America's Best Idea" ""After nearly four decades as a park ranger revealing the secrets of nature to the visiting public, Bill Tweed took a 240-mile walk through the Sierra Nevada. Nothing escapes his loving attention, and like John Muir, Tweed sees each thing as connected to everything else, drawing rich conclusions about the future of the national parks. By all means, don't miss this trip." Jordan Fisher Smith, author of Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra" ""This is history form the inside, intimate and provocative. With deep concern and courage, Bill Tweed offers a sober vision of how to manage our national parks in the twenty-first century." Stephen Trimble, author of Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America" ""Uncertain Path is an invitation to the high country of the Sierra Nevada and also public land issues and philosophy. It's a wise and challenging exercise with a grand broad view." Gary Snyder, author of the Practice of the Wild: Essays" "In this provocative walking meditation, writer and former park ranger William Tweed takes us to California's spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for our national parks as they approach their hundredth anniversary. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada's big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than two hundred miles along California's John Muir and High Sierra Trails in a search for answers: How do we address the climate change we are seeing even now in melting glaciers in Glacier National Park, changing rainy seasons on Mount Rainier, and more fire in the West's iconic parks? Should we intervene where we can to preserve biodiversity? Should the parks become merely ecosystem musetums that exhibit famous landscapes and species? Tweed weaves his experiences along these high-altitude trails together with reflections on the people and ideas behind the creation of the parks and on their status and meaning today. Asking how we can make these magnificent parks relevant for the next generation, Tweed, through his journey, ultimately shows why we must do just that."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- ISBN
- 0520265572 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520265578 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010005838
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries