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- catalog abstract ""What has happened to our national parks? Overcrowding and commercialization are commonplace, and with the increase in visitation has come not only congestion but crime. Yet visitor enjoyment seems to be a higher priority of those who manage the parks than the protection and perpetuation of natural systems. How could this have happened? Michael Frome, one of the most outspoken and highly regarded observers of our national parks, here shows how the original mission of the National Park Service has been undermined by politicization and bureaucratization. Regreening the National Parks tells how the Park Service has been transformed from a professional to a political agency and in the process has betrayed its own values by emphasizing recreation and "short-order wilderness served like fast food" rather than the preservation of the nation's natural heritage. Frome has drawn on both official documents and personal interviews to examine the policies--and personalities--behind the scenes at the National Park Service. He cites instances of personnel being forbidden to criticize public policy in which they found a conflict with conservation principles, and contends that, as the Park Service has become more bureaucratic, those for whom the environment deeply matters scarcely rise within its ranks. In considering the environmental abuse rampant today, Frome sees national parks as models of respect for nature and concludes his book with a ten-point program toward realizing that ideal."--Pub. website.".
- catalog alternative "Regreening.".
- catalog contributor b3540588.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description ""What has happened to our national parks? Overcrowding and commercialization are commonplace, and with the increase in visitation has come not only congestion but crime. Yet visitor enjoyment seems to be a higher priority of those who manage the parks than the protection and perpetuation of natural systems. How could this have happened? Michael Frome, one of the most outspoken and highly regarded observers of our national parks, here shows how the original mission of the National Park Service has been undermined by politicization and bureaucratization. Regreening the National Parks tells how the Park Service has been transformed from a professional to a political agency and in the process has betrayed its own values by emphasizing recreation and "short-order wilderness served like fast food" rather than the preservation of the nation's natural heritage.".
- catalog description "Frome has drawn on both official documents and personal interviews to examine the policies--and personalities--behind the scenes at the National Park Service. He cites instances of personnel being forbidden to criticize public policy in which they found a conflict with conservation principles, and contends that, as the Park Service has become more bureaucratic, those for whom the environment deeply matters scarcely rise within its ranks. In considering the environmental abuse rampant today, Frome sees national parks as models of respect for nature and concludes his book with a ten-point program toward realizing that ideal."--Pub. website.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-270) and index.".
- catalog description "Women should not go hiking alone -- Heave clouds of sleaze -- Who owns the interior? -- Why directors get fired -- Directors of the new age -- innocence lost -- Perplexity of a park superintendent -- When Ranger Rick becomes a renegade -- Showdown at Logan Pass -- The Nature of Naturalness -- Concessionaire profits and public access -- Crashing through the snow -- The silly souvenirs they sell -- Conservationists and compromise [conservation] -- Regreening the national parks.".
- catalog extent "x, 289 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Regreening the national parks.".
- catalog identifier "0816509565".
- catalog identifier "0816512884 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Regreening the national parks.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tucson : University of Arizona Press,".
- catalog relation "Regreening the national parks.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "333.78/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Concessions (Amusements, etc.) United States.".
- catalog subject "National park concessions United States.".
- catalog subject "National parks and reserves Government policy United States.".
- catalog subject "National parks and reserves United States Management.".
- catalog subject "National parks and reserves United States.".
- catalog subject "Nature conservation Government policy United States.".
- catalog subject "SB482.A4 F76 1991".
- catalog subject "United States. National Park Service.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Women should not go hiking alone -- Heave clouds of sleaze -- Who owns the interior? -- Why directors get fired -- Directors of the new age -- innocence lost -- Perplexity of a park superintendent -- When Ranger Rick becomes a renegade -- Showdown at Logan Pass -- The Nature of Naturalness -- Concessionaire profits and public access -- Crashing through the snow -- The silly souvenirs they sell -- Conservationists and compromise [conservation] -- Regreening the national parks.".
- catalog title "Regreening the national parks / Michael Frome.".
- catalog title "Regreening.".
- catalog type "text".