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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to foster discussion on the basic issue of whether it is appropriate or not to intervene in designated wilderness areas that have been “trammeled by man” and, as a result, no longer retain their “primeval character and influence.” We explore this wilderness management dilemma (whether we can or should actively manage wilderness conditions to restore and protect wilderness and other values) by asking seven questions relating to a wilderness area that is no longer “natural.” (For the purposes of this discussion, “natural” is defined by words and phrases used in the 1964 Wilderness Act: “a community of life untrammeled by man”; “land retaining its primeval character and influence”; and or existing in an “unimpaired condition.”) Debate on this issue is not new, but is intensifying, since most wilderness areas in the continental United States are not pristine and ecosystem research has shown that conditions in many are deteriorating. To facilitate dialog on this wilderness management topic we focus on a case-study of a proposed large-scale project to restore piñon-juniper woodlands in the Bandelier Wilderness, New Mexico.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Title | Would ecological landscape restoration make the Bandelier Wilderness more or less of a wilderness? |
| Series title | U.S. Forest Service Proceedings |
| Series number | RMRS-P-15-VOL-5 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station |
| Publisher location | Ogden, UT |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | 17 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Wilderness science in a time of change conference - Volume 5: Wilderness ecosystems, threats, and management (U.S. Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5) |
| First page | 209 |
| Last page | 215 |
| Conference Title | Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference |
| Conference Location | Missoula, MT |
| Conference Date | May 23-27, 1999 |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| Other Geospatial | Bandelier Wilderness |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |