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Author Tweed, William C.

Title Uncertain path : a search for the future of national parks / William C. Tweed ; with a foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents South from Yosemite -- Kings Canyon National Park -- Sequoia National Park -- National parks in the twenty-first century
Summary In this provocative walking meditation, forest ranger and writer William Tweed takes us to California's spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for our national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary facing dramatic changes. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada's big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles along California's John Muir Trail in a personal search for answers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index
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Subject Tweed, William C. -- Travel -- California
SUBJECT Tweed, William C fast
Subject National parks and reserves -- United States -- Management
National parks and reserves -- United States -- Forecasting
National parks and reserves -- United States -- Philosophy
Nature conservation -- United States
Environmental protection -- United States.
Wilderness areas -- California.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Ecology
Environmental protection
National parks and reserves -- Management
National parks and reserves -- Philosophy
Nature conservation
Travel
Wilderness areas
SUBJECT Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions
Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions
Sequoia National Park (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions
Subject California
California -- Kings Canyon National Park
California -- Sequoia National Park
California -- Yosemite National Park
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010005838
ISBN 9780520947306
0520947304