A special issue on wilderness management.


Can wilderness be saved from Vibram soles?

Trends in visitor use, lackadaisical management, shoestring funding levels and political motivations have all contributed to a failure to control overuse. To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below (shorter download), or download a PDF of the entire issue: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.10/download-entire-issue This article appeared in the print edition…

Wilderness management’s time has come

Although hundreds of wilderness areas have been created, few are actually managed according to the spirit of the Wilderness Act. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.10/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Idaho’s River of No Return Wilderness: Jetboats, planes are the rule here

Holes within the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness mean heavily used exceptions to the Wilderness Act. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.10/download-entire-issue This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Idaho’s River of No Return Wilderness: Jetboats, planes are the rule here.