Screen LibraryUncertain path：a search for the future of national parks
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University of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Berkeley |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 236 p.: ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
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9780520265578 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520265572 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520271388 (pbk.) 0520271386 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | S759 |
| CLC: | S759.997.12 |
| Call Number: | S759.997.12/T971 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. South from Yosemite -- Kings Canyon National Park -- Sequoia National Park -- National parks in the twenty-first century. "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: How do we address the climate change we are seeing even now--in melting glaciers in Glacier National Park, changing rainy seasons on Mt Rainer, and more fire in the West's iconic parks ... |