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Why wilderness?

Abstract

Rolston talk at the 2014 Mansfield Conference, "The Storied Past, The Troubled Future: The Imperative of Wilderness at 50 Years," held at the University of Montana, September 10-12. 1. Half a Century of Wilderness; 2. Urban, Rural, Wild - Three-Dimensional Persons; 3. Wilderness is for People!?; 4. Wilderness as Social Construct? Mind?; 5. Wilderness as Social Construct? Hand?; 6. The World that Runs Itself. Montana, the mountain state, can set a national and global example of conserving and celebrating wilderness.

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Presented at the Fall 2014 Mansfield Conference held September 10-12, 2014, University Center Ballroom, University of Montana.
Accessibility features: unedited transcript. To request an edited transcript, please contact library_digitaladmin@mail.colostate.edu or call (970) 491-1844.
Also a DVD copy in CSU Morgan Library: GE42.R65 2014.

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preservation of nature in itself
natural resources
intrinsic value
Montana
wilderness
Wilderness Act
Civil Rights Act
conservation for human benefit
nature as social construct

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