what are nr’s? - university of north carolina at...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
What are NR’s?
• Tangible substance• Function or useFunction or use
![Page 2: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
What is an environment?
• A collection of NR’s in a defined area
![Page 3: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
What is a Ecosystem
• All of the ecological processes in a n environment
![Page 4: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
What is wilderness?
• Theoretically an undisturbed environment
• Big “W”• Little “w”• Little “w”
![Page 5: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
U S History and theU. S. History and the Environment
• Growth of the U.S.• Traditional view of NRsTraditional view of NRs• 1890 closing of the frontier
C i d l i• Conservation and population
![Page 6: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Modern View of theModern View of the Environment
• Technology• WildernessWilderness• Product of civilization
3 d ld• 3rd world
![Page 7: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
European View of Wilderness
• European landscape of the 1600s• Perception of wildernessPerception of wilderness • Basis of bias
R li i- Religion- Superstition and folklore
![Page 8: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Settlers View of the NASettlers View of the NA Wilderness
• Paradise Myth• RealityReality• Not prepared to live “with” the env.
![Page 9: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Settlers’ Bias on the Frontier
• Safety• Effect of wildernessEffect of wilderness• Doing God’s work – Manifest Destiny
Wild• Wilderness = waste
![Page 10: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Romanticism
• Late 1700s – mid 1800s• Urban educated wealthyUrban, educated, wealthy• Writers and artists
C i id i h h h f i• Coincides with the growth of sciences• Enthusiasm for wild places
![Page 11: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Romanticism
• Sublimity• AweAwe• Deism
G h k h• Great watchmaker theory• Primitivism• The noble savage
![Page 12: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Start of the AmericanStart of the American Environmental Movement
• Europe = history, cities, culture• U S = Wilderness NRsU.S. Wilderness, NRs• American wilderness = American character
M if D i• Manifest Destiny
![Page 13: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Hudson River School
• American wild landscape as inspiration• Thomas ColeThomas Cole• First American art form
Vi f A i i i• View of American artist, writer, etc
![Page 14: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Henry David Thoreau
• 1817 – 1862• “In wilderness is the preservation of man”In wilderness is the preservation of man
1851• Philosopher• Philosopher• Emerson
![Page 15: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Transcendentalism
• 2 levels of reality• Lower material object worldLower material object world• Higher spiritual truth world
N l bj fl d i i l h if• Natural objects reflected spiritual truth if seen correctly
• Must use imagination and intuition as opposed to rational understanding
![Page 16: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Thoreau’s Life
• Early wilderness is best• Walden PondWalden Pond• Trip to Maine
L lif hil h 1 f i 1 f• Later life philosophy – 1 foot in 1 foot out• Value of civilization• Value of wilderness for people -
anthropocentricp
![Page 17: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Call for Preservation
• By mid 1800s regret loss of wilderness• References to environmental destructionReferences to environmental destruction• Harmonic theory
T d f h• Tragedy of the commons• Changes in ownership and control of NRs• Hot Springs AR, Niagara Falls
-Economic value – not environmental valuesEconomic value not environmental values
![Page 18: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Yellowstone
• First reports of the region• 1870 expedition1870 expedition• 1871 expedition
N h P ifi R il d• Northern Pacific Railroad• 1872 Yellowstone Park Act• 1886 railroad debate
![Page 19: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Adirondack Park
• Location/topography/climate/exploration• Impact of timberingImpact of timbering• Commerce
W l h• Wealthy sportsmen
![Page 20: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Adirondack Park
• 1885 Forest Preserve• 1892 Adirondack Park1892 Adirondack Park• 1894 Forever Wild clause
T d• Today
![Page 21: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
The Conservation MovementThe Conservation Movement1890 -1970
• Closing of the frontier 1890• Extend use of the remaining NRsExtend use of the remaining NRs• > population, urbanization, industrialization
A i C l d id i• American Culture and identity• Progressive movement
![Page 22: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
The Progressive MovementThe Progressive Movement1900 - 1920
• Governments responsibility• Justice and orderJustice and order• Counter monopolies
![Page 23: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
John MuirJohn Muir1838 - 1914
• Wilderness protection and “preservation”• Value of nature for natureValue of nature for nature• Popular writer and speaker
![Page 24: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
John Muir
• His life• His philosophy – PreservationHis philosophy Preservation• Comparison to Thoreau
Hi i• His impact
![Page 25: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Gifford PinchotGifford Pinchot1865 - 1946
• His life• His philosophy – conservationHis philosophy conservation• His impact
![Page 26: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt1858 - 1919
• His life• His philosophy – NationalismHis philosophy Nationalism• His impact
![Page 27: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Conservation versus Preservation
• Muir & Pinchot• Influence on RooseveltInfluence on Roosevelt• Forest Reserve Act of 1891
F M A f 1897• Forest Management Act of 1897• The future
![Page 28: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Changing View of Nature
• Joe Knowles story• Why the changeWhy the change
– No longer a need to “battle” natureVisit nature for leisure– Visit nature for leisure
– City view of pioneer qualitiesD li i t t f it i t– Declining state of city environment
![Page 29: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Changing Perception ofChanging Perception of American Culture
• Impact of immigration• Business values and city lifeBusiness values and city life• Growth of government and industry versus
the individualthe individual
![Page 30: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Response to Changing Perception
• Fredrick Jackson Turner 1896• Robert Baden Powell 1907Robert Baden Powell 1907• Theodore Roosevelt 1893, 1903
Willi K @1908• William Kent @1908• Result
![Page 31: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Hetch Hetchy
• 1882 – 1913• The issueThe issue• Pinchot, Muir, Roosevelt
P bli i i• Public opinion• 1909 vote
![Page 32: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Hetch Hetchy
• Conservationist view of recreation• Preservationist responsePreservationist response• Progressive view
Willi K• William Kent• 1913 vote• Result
![Page 33: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Conservation toConservation to Environmentalism
• 1921 – 1970• Focus on management of NRFocus on management of NR
interrelationships and processes• Federal government leadership• Federal government leadership• $ and planning• Large regional projects ex. TVA, CCC, AT
![Page 34: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Conservation toConservation to Environmentalism
• Goals (by end of 1960s)- protect environmental qualityprotect environmental quality- maintain physical base of all life
f i l l- manage for non-material values * recreation* scenery* solitude solitude
![Page 35: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Aldo LeopoldAldo Leopold1886 - 1948
• Early life• Forest Service yearsForest Service years• Gila NF 1924
L 20 l i 1929• L-20 regulations 1929
![Page 36: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Leopold’s Benefits of Wilderness
• Cultural heritage• The remnantThe remnant• Primitive forms of recreation
L ildlif h bi• Large wildlife habitat• For science
![Page 37: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Leopold’s Land Ethic
• A Sand County Almanac 1949• Enlarges the boundaryEnlarges the boundary• Changes the role
V l h i lf i• Value > than economic self interest• Ethical behavior
![Page 38: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
Bob MarshallBob Marshall1901 - 1939
• His life• Ideas – actionIdeas action• Forest Service
U l i• U regulations• Wilderness Society 1935
![Page 39: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Marshall’s Benefits ofMarshall s Benefits of Wilderness
• Health• Self sufficiencySelf sufficiency• Esthetic
M l• Mental
![Page 40: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Echo Park Dam
• 1940s - 1955• Colorado River Storage project planColorado River Storage project plan• Dinosaur National Monument
H h H h• Hetch Hetchy• David Brower• Howard Zahniser• OutcomeOutcome
![Page 41: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Wilderness Act of 1964
• Role of Zahniser• Zahniser’s reasons for protectionZahniser s reasons for protection1. Take the offensive2 E bli h i l2. Establish a national system3. Move to legislative protection• Outcome
![Page 42: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
Grand Canyon Dams
• Colorado River Storage project 1956• Glen Canyon Dam 1963 – Lake PowellGlen Canyon Dam 1963 Lake Powell• Impact on the environmental movement
![Page 43: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Grand Canyon Dams cont.
• Lower Colorado River – 2 dams 1963• Result = flood 40 mi GCNM 13 mi GCNPResult flood 40 mi. GCNM, 13 mi. GCNP• GCNP act 1919
![Page 44: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
Grand Canyon Dams cont.
• David Brower• IRS controversyIRS controversy• No Hetch Hetchy mistakes
N i• No compromise• H. Zahniser on progress
![Page 45: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
Grand Canyon Dams Results
• 1968 congress abandons project• Political support vs public opinionPolitical support vs. public opinion• Illustrates the change from CM to EM
Si l b b hi• Sierra club membership• Wild and Scenic River act 1968• Change from Hetch Hetchy
![Page 46: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
New EnvironmentalismNew Environmentalism 1970 - Present
• Wilderness being loved to death• Reasons for this trendReasons for this trend
- Technology changeT i h- Transportation change
- Information growth- Intellectual revolution
![Page 47: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
New Environmentalism cont.
• 1970 Earth Day• Growth in Environmental lawsGrowth in Environmental laws
- NEPA 1970M d i f ild• Modern view of wilderness- Sigurd Olson- John Milton
![Page 48: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
Changing EnvironmentalChanging Environmental Perception
• Howard Zahniser• Spaceship earthSpaceship earth• Counter culture break from the mainstream
G S d• Gary Snyder• Eddy Abbey
![Page 49: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
Anthropcentrism
• Mainstream or modern environmentalism• Shallow ecologyShallow ecology• Traditional type support groups
Si Cl b 1892 600 000 b- Sierra Club 1892 – 600,000 members (passive) 2000- Audubon Society 1905- Wilderness Society 1936y
![Page 50: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
Biocentricism
• New or ecocentric environmentalism• Deep ecologyp gy• Direct Action support groups
- Friends of Earth 1969- Green Peace 1969- Earth First! 1981 – 12 000 members (active)Earth First! 1981 12,000 members (active) 1988- Earth Liberation Front (ELF) ?( )
![Page 51: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
Deep vs Shallow Ecology
Shallow Ecology- Dominance over nature- Env. = resources for humans- Ample NRs reservesp- Material, economic, consumer growth- Solutions to env Problems in science andSolutions to env. Problems in science and
technology- National centralized focus
![Page 52: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
Deep vs Shallow Ecology
Deep Ecology- Harmony with naturey- All nature has intrinsic equal worth- Simple material need (self realization)p ( )- NRs are limited- Suspicion of science and technologySuspicion of science and technology- Focus on traditional culture and bioregionalism
![Page 53: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
Reasons for the the split ofReasons for the the split of ME & NE
• MEs are reformist working within the systemy
• MEs are anthropocentric • MEs are alienated from grass root idealism• MEs are alienated from grass root idealism• MEs are more interested in compromise
h i hthan in change
![Page 54: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
Alaska
• Environment• TechnologyTechnology• Native people
ANCSA 1971- ANCSA 1971• Wilderness
![Page 55: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
Rampart Dam -1959
• Corp of Engineers – Yukon River• 1 billion $1 billion $• World largest human created lake
W ld ff NP• Would not affect a NP• Alaska env. View vs U.S. env. View• Dam project stopped in 1967
![Page 56: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
ANILCA 1980
• 99% of AK public (federal) land• ANCSA deadline 12/18 1978ANCSA deadline 12/18 1978• Carter 12/1/78 – Antiquities Act – 110 mil.
AcresAcres• Carter/Reagan debate• Congress/Carter pass/sign act 12/80• Reagon takes office 1/81 g
![Page 57: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
ANILCA 1980 cont.
• Results- Revoked 1978 executive orderRevoked 1978 executive order- 105 mil. Acres to state of AK
44 il A i l- 44 mil. Acres to native people- 104 mil. Acres federal land (28% of AK = CA)
![Page 58: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
ANILCA 1980 cont.
• Federal allocation- 56.7 mil. Acres – NWPS- 26 additions to the NWSRS- Doubled the size of NPS landsDoubled the size of NPS lands- Doubled the size of USFWS wildlife refuges landsrefuges lands
• Most expansive action on behalf of wild by any presidentby any president
![Page 59: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
Alaska in Perspective
• 1/3 AK “Big W”• Less restrictive view of wildLess restrictive view of wild• A permanent frontier: Nash, Leopold,
Marshall TurnerMarshall, Turner• A legacy of wild for future generations:
Th M i Ol dThoreau, Muir, Olmstead
![Page 60: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
Alaska in Perspective cont.
• Protect wild and native culture: Catlin• Protect entire ecosystems: Marsh LeopoldProtect entire ecosystems: Marsh, Leopold• AK represents a change in American
perspective towards wildernessperspective towards wilderness
![Page 61: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
Environmental Movement sinceEnvironmental Movement since 1980
• > Concern for global env.• > Growth in deep ecology> Growth in deep ecology• >Growth in conservative backlash
![Page 62: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
Reagan/Bush sr. 1980-92
• Reaganomics- LWCFLWCF
• James WattS b h b lli 1980• Sagebrush rebellion 1980s
• Wise Use movement 1990s
![Page 63: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
Sagebrush/Wise Use Movements
• < env. rules and regs.• < fed land holding< fed. land holding • < env. quality in business and private
property decisionsproperty decisions• > personal rights over env. Rights
![Page 64: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
Sagebrush/Wise Use Movements
• Supported by timber, mining, energy, chemical and rec. industries
• Misinformation, lobbying, intimidation• Tie to Pinchot conservation• Tie to Pinchot conservation
![Page 65: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
Result of Conservative Backlash
• Congress• PublicPublic• G. Bush sr.
![Page 66: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
George Bush Sr.1988-1992
• Earth Summit (Rio Conference) 1992• Biodiversity treatyBiodiversity treaty
![Page 67: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
Sustainability
• Basic idea• ExamplesExamples• Bioregionalism
P bli i i• Public perception vs action
![Page 68: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
The Clinton Years 1993-2001
• Campaign promise• Al Gore – Earth in Balance 1992Al Gore Earth in Balance 1992• Rio conference
E i h i i• Economic growth top priority
![Page 69: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/69.jpg)
Clinton Years cont.
• NW old growth forest• Grazing feesGrazing fees• Kyoto treaty 1997
C i d R i A• Conservation and Reinvestment Act
![Page 70: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/70.jpg)
Clinton Years cont.
• National Monuments• Forest Service roadless areasForest Service roadless areas• Clinton’s environmental legacy
![Page 71: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/71.jpg)
Clinton Legacy of ProtectedClinton Legacy of Protected Lands
• Carter = 56 million acres• Clinton = 6 million acresClinton 6 million acres• FDR = 2.6 million acres
H 2 1 illi• Hoover = 2.1 million acres• T. Roosevelt = 1.5 million acres• Reagan & G.W. Bush = 0 acres
![Page 72: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/72.jpg)
2001 Public Perception
• Growing Public Apathy• Cost of federal pollution regulationsCost of federal pollution regulations• Loss of public support
P bli i l i• Public environmental perception
![Page 73: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/73.jpg)
George Bush 2000-2004
• 1997 Kyoto Treaty• Roadless areas NFSRoadless areas NFS• Clinton National Monuments
ATV i NPS• ATVs in NPS• Artic National Wildlife refuge
![Page 74: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/74.jpg)
George Bush 2000 - 2004 cont.
• Healthy Forest Restoration Act 2003• Clear SkiesClear Skies
- Change Clean Air regulations Set cap let industry decide how to meet it- Set cap let industry decide how to meet it
![Page 75: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/75.jpg)
George Bush 2000-2004 cont.
• New Source Review- New regulations to clean up old pollutingNew regulations to clean up old polluting
power plants
![Page 76: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/76.jpg)
2002 Public Perception
• National Env. Trust – worst env. President since the first earth dayy
• League of conservation voters = D-• EPA ombudsman (watchdog) & chief of• EPA ombudsman (watchdog) & chief of
civil enforcement resign
![Page 77: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/77.jpg)
2002 Public Perception cont.
• 36% trust Bush to protect the env.• 43% env laws should go farther than they43% env. laws should go farther than they
do• 62% favor protect of wild areas even if it• 62% favor protect of wild areas – even if it
means higher gas prices
![Page 78: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/78.jpg)
George Bush 2004-Present
* Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument 2006
* National Parks Centennial Initiative 2007
![Page 79: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/79.jpg)
George Bush 2004-Present
• Sell U.S. Forest Service land
• < Intra-coastal waterway, inlets, and beach re nurishment fundingre-nurishment funding
• Pocosin NWR/ U.S. Navy landing strip
![Page 80: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/80.jpg)
2006 Public Perception
• 67% of Americans rate Bush’s handling of environmental issues as “Fair” or “Poor”
![Page 81: What are NR’s? - University of North Carolina at Wilmingtonpeople.uncw.edu/buergerb/documents/EVS361.ppt.pdf · · 2009-03-06What is a Ecosystem ... • Walden PondWalden Pond](https://reader031.vdocuments.us/reader031/viewer/2022030423/5aaaf1027f8b9a8b188ec6c0/html5/thumbnails/81.jpg)
Future
> Lack of public commitment 2005 - 8 out of 10 support stronger env Protection8 out of 10 support stronger env. Protection- Last out of 9 issues affecting how people
votevote> 2008 elections ?