num_pages: 304
description: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of the conflict between America’s demand for oil and nature at its most pristine. Three decades before the battle over oil development began, a group of visionary conservationists launched a controversial campaign to preserve a remote corner of Alaska. Their goal was unprecedented—to protect an entire ecosystem for future generations. Among these conservationists were Olaus and Margaret Murie, who became icons of the wilderness movement.Last Great Wilderness chronicles their fight and that of their compatriots, tracing the transformation of this little-known expanse of mountains, forest, and tundra into a symbolic landscape embodying the ideals and aspirations that led to passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964.
language: English
title: Last Great Wilderness: The Campaign to Establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
titlecomplete: Last Great Wilderness: The Campaign to Establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
ratings_count: 10
publisher: University of Alaska Press