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Conservation Organizations and Wilderness Use—a Time for Policy Appraisal?*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Alan Jubenville
Alan Jubenville
Affiliation:
Department of Recreation and Park Administration, Box 3402, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, U.S.A.
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Conservation organizations have been primary forces in the establishment of wilderness areas throughout the United States. They have also been actual participants in wilderness recreation, particularly through sponsored trips. Preliminary results indicate that these trips have a tremendous impact on the wilderness resource because of the large-size parties, sedentary camping habits, and the large amount of bulky tentage and equipment employed. Basic policy changes are suggested as a means of protecting the wilderness landscape.

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Main Papers
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Summer 1974 , pp. 93 - 99
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1974

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