National Wilderness Preservation System

most people are enjoying their experiences from the 58 beautiful national parks. The visitors can see the most treasured landscapes, the majestic mountains, and even many animals that are rarely seen. Nonetheless, many overlook or never realize that as much as they have benefited from the parks, there is a whole population that was fatally affected and eventually displaced from their homeland during the establishment of the national parks—the Native Americans. Their splendid history had come to an

country. He honed his talent and technique as a photographer to capture that power and inspiration so that it radiated from his final prints. As people observed his prints, they were moved and in turn provided power to protect the majesty of the wilderness that Ansel so loved. Adams was an only child to his parents and his father “molded into his son a direct expression of Emersonian ideals, raised above all to adore nature, the straightest path to the eternal.” He struggled to fit in at school

roaring. Hard to believe, the desolate valley was once recognized as the exact counterpart of the Yosemite Valley for its natural beauty— cascading waterfalls, lofty mountain cliffs, and serene rivers. John Muir, an ardent advocate for the preservation of the wilderness, described the experience of visiting Hetch Hetchy to be a sheer pleasure: “it [was] a bright day in June; the air [was] drowsy with flies; the pines [swayed] dreamily, and you [were] sunk, shoulder-deep, in grasses and flowers.” He devoted

trip to Yosemite National Park. His mother hated Photography. After she died Ansel got into a fight with her bodies caretaker about the casket she was to be put in. Ansel’s family had good contact with the Best family, who owned a gift store in Yosemite called Best’s Studio. He married the Best’s daughter Virginia, they had two kids Michael and Anne. Later he inherited the studio now known as Adams Gallery.("Ansel

The National Park Service of the United States of America was established by congress on August 25th, 1916 “to provide for the enjoyment of same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations” (Abbey, 55). Since then, the National Parks Service has done all it can to deface, commercialize and dishearten our most precious resource of the spirt; wilderness. Men like Ansel Adams and John Muir preached to congress encouraging them to leave these

scenes found primarily within the American borders. These scenes created a sense of patriotism and unity because America contained the last frontier of unspoiled wilderness in comparison to the multi-conquered and recycled landscapes of Europe. Thomas Cole is quoted as having said, “Nature is the national past, the basis of the national identity, an infinite source of moral regeneration, and guarantee of the democratic constitution.”3 At this point in nineteenth century America, nature paintings

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, commonly referred to as ANWR has been the source of media and political controversy for the last twenty years and has only increased in recent years. President Eisenhower reserved this land in 1960 to preserve and protect the native and diverse plants and wildlife. When oil was discovered in the Prudhoe Bay a determined group consisting of large oil corporations, politicians and locals insisted that exploration

Conservation and Preservation at the Turn of the 19th Century Missing Works Cited The environmentalist movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries presents a picture of America at the time: torn between the desires to expand while seeking to protect nature. Although all members of the movement sought to protect nature, there were two predominant schools as to how to go about this. In their two philosophies, they created two methods for human interaction with the wilderness. The conservationist

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conqueror to being a citizen of the land community. The relationship that people develop with land in utilizing the Yellowstone National Park would raise concern in the context of Leopold’s view regarding the link between land and people (Leopold). The management of pack usage and preference often raise ethical concerns. When confronted with choices between preservation and recreation, recreation has often been considered. Extermination of wolves would seem logical