Removing the People: The Creation of Canada’s Kouchibouguac National Park
The creation of Kouchibouguac National Park along Canada’s Atlantic coast in the province of New Brunswick came at the cost of removing 1,200 residents from their lands.
The creation of Kouchibouguac National Park along Canada’s Atlantic coast in the province of New Brunswick came at the cost of removing 1,200 residents from their lands.
In this essay (updated in 2019), Bron Taylor offers background about the events that gave rise to the Earth First! movement and reviews some of the watershed moments in its history, including its print publications.
Wild Earth 1, no. 3 with essays on hydro development in North America, trans-boundary ecosystem preservation, the central Appalachian wilderness, and the need for deep ecological language.
Wild Earth 2, no. 1 with essays on the ecological costs of livestock, bison hunt, trouts and their habitat, “wheeled locusts,” and off-road-vehicle trails on public lands.
In issue two of Earth First! the editors confirm their seriousness and invite readers to radicalize the conservation movement.
Howie Wolke and Dave Foreman write a memo to “the hardcore,” looking for a core group of people to run the new organization. They attach a draft platform and suggest a newsletter titled Nature More: The Newsletter of EARTH FIRST.
Issue three of Earth First! celebrates the movement’s diversity.
Wild Earth 4, no. 3 features Canadian forests at risk, an activist’s guide to Central Appalachian forests, citizen involvement in mining issues, a proposal for a Thoreau Regional Wilderness in northern Maine.
Issue four of Earth First! deals with some of the movement’s actions to save the environment.
Issue five of Earth First! calls for support of the (continued) Glen Canyon Dam campaign.