Friday, August 26, 2016

On national parks and wilderness areas, for EII

We'll begin our exploration of the American environmental movement with a timely discussion of the role of national parks and wilderness.

This is timely because of the 100th anniversary of the US National Park Service (although some parks, notably Yellowstone and Yosemite, are older than that), and because of the addition of Maine Woods and Waters National Monument, formerly known as Elliotsville Plantation, ME.

First, read this article:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/25/yellowstone-national-park-wyoming-bears-wolves-remote

Then watch these movies:






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