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"In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by Senator Pat McCarran, sought to quietly cede millions of acres of national parks and other western lands to logging, mining, and private industry, the DeVotos entered...
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Provides information on a study which revealed that birds are more likely to live on lower-elevation private lands than in higher-elevation nature reserves such as Yellowstone National Park. Factors that led to the demise of certain bird species that make them susceptible to parasites and predators; Importance of low-elevation areas to birds. --Abstract.
8) Kayaking playground or nature preserve?: whitewater boating conflicts in Yellowstone National Park
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National Park Service managers and outdoor retail companies like Patagonia struggle to promote the principle of conservation while encouraging outdoor recreation.
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This paper explores the operation of the international World Heritage Convention in the national context of the United States. Although an early advocate of the national park idea and among the earliest proponents of the Convention, the US has shown increasing ambivalence towards the World Heritage Program since the mid-1990s. Through in-depth interviews with expert informants and a questionnaire survey of 406 visitors at four US World Heritage Sites,...