Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education
Print Reference
pp. 2-3
Abstract
Last year, 2014, marked the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act whereby laws (vows) were created to make certain designated federal lands forever wild-places "where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain:' While the wilderness preservation system that has evolved (109,511,038 acres, roughly 4.5% of the USA) can celebrate a golden anniversary, it is not clear whether it will ever expand again or even survive another 50 years. There are many forces that do not value the concept of designated wilderness areas and especially oppose creating new ones. A case in point, as Taproot goes to press, involves the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
Recommended Citation
Yaple, Charles
(2015)
"From the Editor,"
Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 24:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/taproot/vol24/iss1/2