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050 00 $aSB482.A4$bF76 1991
082 00 $a333.78/0973$220
100 1 $aFrome, Michael.
245 10 $aRegreening the national parks /$cMichael Frome.
246 3 $aRegreening.
260 0 $aTucson :$bUniversity of Arizona Press,$cc1992.
300 $ax, 289 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-270) and index.
505 0 $aWomen should not go hiking alone -- Heave clouds of sleaze -- Who owns the interior? -- Why directors get fired -- Directors of the new age -- innocence lost -- Perplexity of a park superintendent -- When Ranger Rick becomes a renegade -- Showdown at Logan Pass -- The Nature of Naturalness -- Concessionaire profits and public access -- Crashing through the snow -- The silly souvenirs they sell -- Conservationists and compromise [conservation] -- Regreening the national parks.
520 $a"What has happened to our national parks? Overcrowding and commercialization are commonplace, and with the increase in visitation has come not only congestion but crime. Yet visitor enjoyment seems to be a higher priority of those who manage the parks than the protection and perpetuation of natural systems. How could this have happened? Michael Frome, one of the most outspoken and highly regarded observers of our national parks, here shows how the original mission of the National Park Service has been undermined by politicization and bureaucratization. Regreening the National Parks tells how the Park Service has been transformed from a professional to a political agency and in the process has betrayed its own values by emphasizing recreation and "short-order wilderness served like fast food" rather than the preservation of the nation's natural heritage.
520 $aFrome has drawn on both official documents and personal interviews to examine the policies--and personalities--behind the scenes at the National Park Service. He cites instances of personnel being forbidden to criticize public policy in which they found a conflict with conservation principles, and contends that, as the Park Service has become more bureaucratic, those for whom the environment deeply matters scarcely rise within its ranks. In considering the environmental abuse rampant today, Frome sees national parks as models of respect for nature and concludes his book with a ten-point program toward realizing that ideal."--Pub. website.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNational Park Service.
650 0 $aNational parks and reserves$zUnited States.
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650 0 $aNational parks and reserves$zUnited States$xManagement.
650 0 $aNature conservation$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aConcessions (Amusements, etc.)$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNational park concessions$zUnited States.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aFrome, Michael.$tRegreening the national parks.$dTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1992$w(OCoLC)551533938
776 08 $iOnline version:$aFrome, Michael.$tRegreening the national parks.$dTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1992$w(OCoLC)608919199
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