The Last Wilderness Preserve Summary

According to William Cronon’s “The Trouble with Wilderness”, the main concerns with the wilderness term being humanly constructed and lack of concern with the local environments. Cronon emphasize much of the historical and philological meanings of wilderness as a human construct via spiritual and religious perspectives. He desired for people stop putting so much emphasis on the above and beyond that is out of our reach and focus on the present. He pushed this into the idea of one should start putting emphasis and care into one’s own environment rather than just focusing on environments beyond the local one. He believes change should start locally.

In the articles “Desegregating Wilderness” and “At Risk” by Jourdan Imani Keith, the author connects the issues between race and nature. Keith connects the study of nature to the issues of race by labeling the urban youth “at risk” due to the lack of reliable sources, and also labels the chinook salmon population being “at risk” of extinction. Keith also connects the study of nature to the issues of race by portraying the aspects of “desegregating” in wilderness and race. Segregation is to set something or someone apart. In the most part we understand segregation as racial segregation but, there can also be segregation of nature.

In both “The Last Wilderness Preserve” and “A New Land of Opportunity”, the authors give their own arguments about how human behavior and actions impact Antarctica. The passage “The Last Wilderness Preserve” argues that human behavior and actions have an extremely negative impact on Antarctica, therefore humans should not be allowed on such precious land. Contradictory to this, the passage “A New Land of Opportunity” encourages human activity on Antarctica and believes that this can lead to a widespread of incredible opportunities. I believe that the author of “A New Land of Opportunity” presents the stronger argument because they explain the reasoning behind their claim more effectively. Based off of the information given from each passage, I believe that the author

An article called Both Sides in Wildlife Refuge Protest Face off in Oregon was written by Kirk Johnson on February 1, 2016. In front of the steps of Harney County courthouse, two groups, one for and one against, gather to protest the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge. The two groups were arguing at one another, but was not being violent expect for the occasional pushing. The protesters were protesting the arrest of Ammon Budy and the death of LaVoy Finicum. With that being said, eleven more people was arrest with the connection of the takeover and four people are stilling refusing to leave the refuge. Both sides came together to argue what they think is right and what should be done.

Have you ever been forced to leave and explore the world? Well that's relatable, it's the only option left for the immigrants trying to blaze a trail to travel on safety. But people don't wanna risk getting hurt or trespassing into someone's land.

Yellowstone National Park is located mostly in Wyoming but spreads into Idaho and Montana. Yellowstone national park has a Taiga biome. Taiga is the largest terrestrial biome in the world. It is primarily coniferous forest or boreal forest. The North American Taiga is at high elevations, in the mountainous western region. Within this park, there are various species of consumers, producers, prey, and predators. One very important species is the gray wolves. The gray wolves are one of the keystone species in Yellowstone National Park. A keystone species is a species that has a large effect on a community relative to the abundance of the species. This means that as the gray wolf population increases or decreases in this area, it will have some drastic effects on the entire community.

To Drill or Not To Drill Oil is one of America’s most valuable treasures. In 1980 Congress established the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) in Alaska. It was created to keep animals and plants undisturbed by humans. America suffered through an oil crisis which put more pressure on ANWR. As a result, the United States was importing more than a third of its oil.

The name of my tribe is the Eastern Woodlands. The location of my tribe is in the Southeast portion of North America. The Eastern Woodlands have more than one tribe. Two of them were called the Mohawks and Huron. The Eastern Woodlands covered up the East Coast of North America from the Atlantic to the West of the Mississippi River. This is some of the information about my tribe called the Eastern

Would you like to have the US drill near your community? The United States is planning to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) located in Alaska. Being a US citizen I believe we should not drill for oil in Alaska because it would affect the economy, the environment, and the Alaskans. Drilling for oil in ANWR can be beneficial in some ways, but this is why it is unreliable.

Technology, in the twentieth century, is drastically evolving. Technology has been around since the invention of the wheel. Ever since then, human’s have thought of clever ways to make their lives more convenient. In the twenty first century, there are new inventions, such as smartphones, improved vaccines, innovative weapons, and much more. In Wallace Stegner's essay, “The Wilderness Idea,” he makes a bold statement about humans becoming too dependent on technology.

They reach the Rockies. They had expected there to be a food-filled visitors' center there, but are sad to learn that it's closed for the next few months. They'll have to keep moving.

Every year Since I was 14 me and my father would go on a hike in autumn. But this last year I went alone, He couldn't make it. However that was not a deterrent. When I arrived at Sawmill canyon the sun was shining down but it was brisk. It was a long ways to go to Aliso Spring. I'm not sure how many miles the journey is but every step is worth it. The trip only lasts about 3 days before we usually packed up. But I can see the reason why, there is no one out there. But you never really alone, however you are always in solitude.

The whole prospect of the book is the reality of the American Wilderness. Krakauer delivers this message by comparing many hitchhikers’ experiences and how they faced the wilderness. Ruess’ main goal for his expedition is to experience the beauty of nature—something the wilderness excels at. His letters are said to parallel Chris’ own letters, stating how the two openly welcomes starvation and physical discomforts, and how the two are big romantics when it comes to nature. Ruess’ story shows the beauty many seek out of the American wilderness, and how some will risk their lives in order to discover them.

Antarctica is land that is the least explored. It holds mysteries and is beautiful with all its unique landscapes. the authors of “The Last Wilderness Preserve” and “A New Land of Opportunity” both understand this, but both argue two different side on the topic of whether Antarctica should be kept isolated from humans and left alone or be explored and plundered of its resources. Both passages explain their sides of the argument and one passage is more efficiently supported than the other.

In North America, the classic voice of the colonizing person’s connectedness to nature and a has been the romantic individualist writing of wilderness.