Wild Earth 8, no. 2
Wild Earth 8, no. 2 features articles on the connections between philanthropy and nature preservation and on the history of land protection in the US, as well as profiles of conservation heroes Howard Zahniser and Mardy Murie.
Wild Earth 8, no. 2 features articles on the connections between philanthropy and nature preservation and on the history of land protection in the US, as well as profiles of conservation heroes Howard Zahniser and Mardy Murie.
In this issue of Earth First!, Dave Foreman steps down as editor to make way for John Davis. In addition, Captain Paul Watson gives an update on the war against whalers in Japan, Leon Czolgosz tells the story of Great Basin National Park, and the column Rainforest News reports that Scandinavian tree huggers are blocking road building.
In this issue of Earth First! Darryl Cherney gives an update on the protests against logging in Goshawk Grove in Sanctuary Forest, California. Daniel Gibson writes on waste management, Roland Knapp calls for attention to the neglected White Mountains in California, and ecologist George Wuerthner untangles the “let burn” policy in Yellowstone National Park.
In this issue of Earth First! Maria Quintana gives an update on the struggles to protect the island Soldier Key in Biscayne National Park, Florida. In addition, Joanne Duffy calls for attention to the endangered longleaf pine forests and Sherman’s fox squirrels, and Mitch Friedman discusses the dynamic face of activism.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal Hugh Morose gives an update on the protests against salvage logging of Redwood groves in the Headwaters forest. In addition, Ken Wu discusses Earth First! and its shift towards protecting biodiversity instead of wilderness preservation, and Angela Schmitz reports about the new truce over the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska.
Alice B. Kelly Pennaz traces the complex history of the United States (US) Park Ranger through time to show how the Ranger as an outward embodiment of state power has been contradicted by administrative and practical logics directing rangers to educate, welcome, and guide park visitors.
Sorrel Jones, Malcolm D. Burgess, Frazer Sinclair, Jeremy Lindsell and Juliet Vickery present new data on rule-breaking prevalence in Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone, and use these data in spatially explicit simulations to assess the survey effort and design required to detect change and assess the effect of rule-breaker behavior to these designs.
Examining three natural protected areas in Ecuador and Spain, Cortes-Vazquez and Ruiz-Ballesteros offer a more nuanced understanding of the connection between different regulatory regimes and the formation of environmental subjects, using a phenomenological approach that places more emphasis on the agency of the people subjected to conservation.
Focusing on Jasper National Park, Megan Youdelis argues that austerity politics create the conditions for a re-articulation of the politics of conservation governance as the interests of parks departments and private sector interests are brought into alignment.
John Reid-Hresko’s article draws on 18 months of comparative ethnographic research with men and women who are employed and reside in protected areas in northern Tanzania and South Africa’s Kruger National Park.