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| Main Title | Islands under siege : national parks and the politics of external threats / | |||||||||||
| Author | Freemuth, John C. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | University Press of Kansas, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1991 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 22182548 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0700604340 (alk. paper) :; 9780700604340 (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | National parks and reserves--Government policy--United States. ; National parks and reserves--West (U.S.)--Management. ; Transboundary pollution--West (U.S.) ; National parks and reserves--Law and legislation--United States. ; Environmental policy--United States. | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | United States.--National Park Service. | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xiv, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Studying the external threats problem -- The emergence of external threats as a policy and management issue -- The creation of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area -- The Tar Sands leasing controversy -- Protecting national parks from existing visibility impairment -- Conclusion : Resolving external threats to national parks -- Appendix 1. Key legislation from the Organic Act and its amendments -- Appendix 2. Units in the U.S. National Park System -- Appendix 3. Questionnaire that formed the basis of the State of the parks report. |