Establishment of the US National Park Service
On 25 August 1916 the US Congress established the National Park Service (NPS) which functions to manage National Parks throughout the nation.
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Agreement on the Conservation of the Porcupine Caribou Herd in the “1002 Area”
The United States and Canadian governments sign the “Agreement on the Conservation of the Porcupine Caribou Herd”, which protects the calving grounds of the Porcupine Caribou of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from potential damage caused by nearby offshore oil drilling.
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Environmental History with an African Edge
With an emphasis on national parks, this article examines the kinds of environmental edges particular to South Africa and to Africa more generally.
"The Longest Revolution: Cultural Studies After Speciesism"
John Simons explores the cultural studies discipline from the perspective of animal rights.
Flight Maps: Adventures With Nature In Modern America
In five sharply drawn chapters, Flight Maps charts the ways in which Americans have historically made connections—and missed connections—with nature.
Wild Earth 3, no. 2
Wild Earth 3, no. 2 on imperiled predators like bears and lions, the Eastern forest recovery, Alabama wildlands, deep ecology in the former Soviet Union, and the salmon/selway ecosystem.
Wild Earth 3, no. 1
Wild Earth 3, no. 1 on the Northwoods wilderness recovery, the Southern Ozarks, endangered species like the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker and the Perdido Key Beach Mouse, and the breadth and the limits of the deep ecology movement.
Wild Earth 2, no. 1
Wild Earth 2, no. 1 with essays on the ecological costs of livestock, bison hunt, trouts and their habitat, “wheeled locusts,” and off-road-vehicle trails on public lands.
"'Other Animal Ethics' and the Demand for Difference"
In this paper, Elisa Aaltola analyses the new ‘other animal ethics’ by critically examining its basis and consequences.
"The Rights of Animals and the Demands of Nature"
This paper discusses two central themes of the work of Alan Holland: the relations between the natural and the normative and how our duties regarding animals cohere with our obligations to respect nature.