Part I: THE SETTING
1. Wilderness Management: Philosophical Direction
2. Historical Roots of Wilderness Management
3. International Wilderness in the Twenty-First Century: A Global Review
Part II: U.S. LEGAL AUTHORITY AND PROCESS FOR WILDERNESS
4. The Wilderness Act: Legal Basis for Wilderness Protection and Management
5. Management Implications in the Wilderness Designation Process, Wilderness Designation Acts, and Wilderness Litigation
6. The National Wilderness Preservation System and Complementary Conservation Areas
Part III: WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING CONCEPTS
7. Principles of Wilderness Management
8. Wilderness Management Planning
9. Managing for Appropriate Wilderness Conditions: Visitor Use Management Process
Part IV: WILDERNESS RESOURCES, VALUES, AND THREATS TO THEM
10. Wilderness Ecosystems
11. Fire in Wilderness Ecosystems
12. Wildlife in Wilderness: A North American and International Perspective
13. Potential Threats to Wilderness Resources and Values
Part V: WILDERNESS USES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
14. Wilderness Use and User Trends
15. Ecological Impacts of Wilderness Recreation and Their Management
16. Wilderness Visitor Management: Stewardship for Quality Experiences
Part VI: THE FUTURE
17. Future Issues and Challenges in Wilderness Stewardship
Appendix A: The Wilderness Act
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Wilderness Management
Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values
Fifth Edition
For 45 years, this classic textbook on wilderness management has served as the most comprehensive information available on the stewardship and protection of wilderness resources and values. The seventeen chapters outline the history, legislation, policies, planning, and stewardship carried out by the four federal land managing agencies—Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wildlife Service—entrusted with stewardship and protection of the more than 110-million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System. Written for wilderness and wildlands planners, managers, stewards, advocates, and educators, this revised fifth edition builds on the material of the first four editions and extensively updates chapters on: international wilderness; managing for appropriate wilderness conditions; wilderness ecosystems; fire in wilderness ecosystems; ecological impacts of wilderness recreation and their management; and wilderness visitor management. This textbook is an invaluable guide for resource managers, students, scientists, policy makers, and for wilderness advocates and visitors around the world.