Wild Earth 8, no. 4

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Earth First! Movement Writings

Wild Earth 8, no. 4

Intended as yet another instrument for attacking anthropocentric ideologies and voracious agricultural/industrial civilizations, the journal Wild Earth was published by the Earth First! movement between 1991–2004.


Butler, Tom, ed., Wild Earth 8, no. 4 (Winter 1998/99). Republished by the Environment & Society Portal, Multimedia Library. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/6089.

This issue includes:

  • Wilderness and the American Heart by William Meadows
  • On Wilderness Values and Wild Rivers: A Canadian Perspective by Juri Peepre
  • On Wilderness and Cultural Restoration in the Northern Appalachians by Jamie Sayen
  • America’s Heritage Forests: Save ‘em Now or Maybe Never by Ken Rait
  • A Dark and Stormy Night: A Political Forecast for Wilderness Legislation
    by Debbie Sease & Melanie Griffin
  • The Domino Theory: Rejuvenating the Concept of Wilderness in Today’s Political Dark Ages
    by Mike Matz
  • Wildlands 2000: New California Wilderness for the New Millennium by Celia Barotz & Paul Spitler
  • Nevada Wilderness: The West’s Best Kept Secret by Lois Snedden

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Further readings: 
  • Butler, Tom, ed. Wild Earth: Wild Ideas for a World Out of Balance. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2002.
  • Foreman, Dave, and Howie Wolke. The Big Outside: A Descriptive Inventory of the Big Wilderness Areas of the United States. New York: Harmony Books, 1992.