Crown jewel wilderness : creating North Cascades National Park

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Author:

Danner, Lauren, 1967- author.

Summary:

North Cascades National Park is remote, rugged, and spectacularly majestic. Efforts to establish a park gained traction after World War II, as national interest in wilderness preservation and concerns about the impact of harvesting timber grew. Troubled by the National Park Service's policy favoring development for tourism and the United States Forest Service's policy promoting logging in the national forests, conservationists leveraged a changing political environment and the evolving environmental values of the natural resource agencies. Their activism eventually led to the 1968 creation of a crown jewel--Washington's magnificent third national park. This engaging account tells the story.

Contents:

Introduction: "A stupendous, primitive wilderness" -- The federal government in the North Cascades, 1892-1940 -- Conservationists coalesce around Glacier Peak -- The Forest Service stumbles, and conservationists debate -- Glacier Peak redux -- A freshening political wind -- The peace of the Potomac -- On the national stage -- Hearings + hearings + politics = park -- Managing the Wilderness Crown Jewel -- Afterword: "The mountains abide".

Physical Description:

320 pages : maps (some col.), illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject Term:

National parks and reserves -- History.

Geographic Term:

North Cascades National Park (Wash.) -- History.

Publisher:

Washington State University Press,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9780874223521

Publication Information:

Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, 2017.

Call Number:

979.7 DANNER

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North Cascades National Park is remote, rugged, and spectacularly majestic. Efforts to establish a park gained traction after World War II, as national interest in wilderness preservation and concerns about the impact of harvesting timber grew. Troubled by the National Park Service¿s policy favoring development for tourism and the United States Forest Service¿s policy promoting logging in the national forests, conservationists leveraged a changing political environment and the evolving environmental values of the natural resource agencies. Their activism eventually led to the 1968 creation of a crown jewel--Washington¿s magnificent third national park. This engaging account tells the story.

Author Notes

Lauren Danner, PhD, is a writer and historian based in Olympia, Washington. She focuses on public lands policy. Pacific Northwest and environment history, and outdoor recreation. A former college professor, museum director, and Washington State field coordinator for the Lewis and Clark bicentennial, she now writes at laurendanner.com.

Introduction: "A Stupendous, Primitive Wilderness"	p. 1
1 The Federal Government in the North Cascades, 1892-1940	p. 9
2 Conservationists Coalesce around Glacier Peak	p. 35
3 The Forest Service Stumbles, and Conservationists Debate	p. 55
4 Glacier Peak Redux	p. 79
5 A Freshening Political Wind	p. 103
6 The Peace of the Potomac	p. 123
7 The National Stage	p. 149
8 Hearings + Hearings + Politics = Park	p. 179
9 Managing the Wilderness Crown Jewel	p. 205
Afterword: "The Mountains Abide"	p. 231
Acknowledgments	p. 239
Notes	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 291
Index	p. 311

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