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Assigned (required) readings in alphabetical order through Exam 1 (Aug. 26 -- Dec. 13, 2013).  See "Daily Schedule" for due dates for assigned readings and quizzes.

Cronon, William (1998).  The Trouble with Wilderness, or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature.  From: The Great New Wilderness Debate.  University of Georgia Press, Athens.  p 471-485 and 492 (line 6) - 496;  skim pp 485-492.

 

Giono, Jean (2007).  The Man Who Planted Trees.  Chelsea Green Publishing company.  Chelsea, VT.  72 p.  Also available in web version - see link on UI library website.

 

Hardin, Garrett (1968).  The Tragedy of the Commons. Science, 162:1243-1248.

 

Kellert, S.R., The Value of Life - Biological Diversity and Human Society. 1996, Washington, D.C.: Island Press. 263.  Chapter 3: p 37-63.

 

Leopold, Aldo (1949).  A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There.  Oxford University Press.  New  York.  228 p.  Read:  �Thinking Like a Mountain� (p 129-133) and �A Land Ethic� (p 201-227) in the 1989 edition.  (Page numbers may be different in other editions)

 

Mann, C.C., 1491. Atlantic Monthly (10727825), 2002. 289(3): p. 41-53.

 

Ostrom, E. et al.  (1999).  Revisiting the Commons:  Local Lessons, Global Challenges. Science 284:278-282.

 

Speth, J.G. (2008).  The Bridge at the Edge of the World.  Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 295 p.   Review charts on pages xx and xxi; Read pages 1-9 and all of Chapter 1

 

Vincent, C.H. (2004). Federal Land Management Agencies: Background on Land and Resources Management. CRS Report for Congress. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress (81 pp).  Read pages: 1-4, 8, 21-23, 31-32, 43-45, 51-53, 58-60.

 

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Assigned readings in alphabetical order for preparation for EXAM 2 - from Monday, Feb. 20 through Friday, March 30, 2012.  See "Daily Schedule" for due dates for assigned readings and quizzes

Burton, L.  and D. Ruppert (2002).  Rising to Heaven or Risen from Hell?  Chapter 6 in: "Worship and Wilderness:  Culture, Religion, and Law in the Management of Public Lands and Resources." Ed.  L. Burton.   University of Wisconsin Press, Madison.  pp 123-144.

Glennon, R. 2004. The worth of water in the United States, Chapter 1. in Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters. Washington, DC. Island Press. pp 13-21.

Dickson, T.  (2008).  Drawing a Line.  Montana Outdoors, September-October.  pp:29-31. 

Greider, T. and L. Garkovich (1994).  The Social Construction of Nature and the Environment.  Rural Sociology 59(1):1-24.

Haider, W. and Morford, S. (2004).   The relevance of social science to the management of natural resources in British Columbia.  BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 4(1):1-11. 

      Lackey, R.T. (2008).  Salmon in Western North America:  Assessing the Future.  In: �Encyclopedia of Earth.�  Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland.  Washington, D.C. Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment.  11p.  http://oregonstate.edu/dept/fw/lackey/RecentPublications.html

McKibben, Bill (2007).  �Deep Economy - The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future.�  Time Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York.  p. 25-45.

      Rikoon, J.S. (2006).  Wild horses and the political ecology of nature restoration in the Missouri Ozarks.  Geoforum 37:200-211. 

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Assigned readings in alphabetical order from Monday, October 24 through Friday, December 9, 2011.  See Daily Schedule for due dates for assigned readings and quizzes.

Beck, J.  (2010).  "Sustainability and Landscape".  Topos 70:104-105.

 

Brockerhoff, E. G., H. Jactel, J.A. Parrotta, C.P Quine, J. Sayer (2008). "Plantation forests and biodiversity: oxymoron or opportunity?" Biodiversity and Conservation 17(5): 925-951.

 

Daily, G.C., ed. Nature's Services.  Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems. 1997, Island Press. 392.  p 1-6

 

Daily, G.C. and K. Ellison, The New Economy of Nature - The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable. 2002, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.  Chapter 10 � p 205-220. 

Gertner, J. (2007).  The Future is Drying Up.  New York Times.  October 21, 2007.  19p.

Greider, T. and L. Garkovich (1994).  The Social Construction of Nature and the Environment.  Rural Sociology 59(1):1-24.

Hull, R. B. (2000). "Moving Beyond the Romantic Biases in Natural Areas Recreation." Journal of Leisure Research 32(1): 54-57.
 

Kreitzman, L. Guest Column: A World Out of Time.  New York Times.  May 5, 2009.  4 pages.
 

Kunstler, J.H.  "The Long Emergency."  Rolling Stone Magazine.  March 23, 2005.  6 pages.

Louv, R. (2007). Chapter 19 � �Cities Gone Wild.� In Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books. 323 p.
 

McQuaid, J. (2009). Mining the Mountains. Smithsonian Magazine 39: 74-85.
 

Pollan, M. (2008). Farmer in Chief. New York Times Magazine. New York, New York Times: p 11.
 

Shephard, A. and R. Ring (2010).  "The Environment...Is Where We Live Now".  In High Country News, February 1, 2010.  10 p.

 

Speth, J. G. (2008). Chapter 10:  �A New Consciousness� and Chapter 12:  �The Bridge at the Edge of the World.�   In The bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability. New Haven, Yale University Press. 295 p.
 

White, M. (2008). "Borneo's Moment of Truth." National Geographic 214( 5): p 35.

 

Zencey , E. (2010).  "Theses on Sustainability - A Primer".  Orion Magazine.  May/June 2010.  4 pp.

 

Combined Readings and others

Berry, Wendell (2002).  The Pleasures of Eating.  From: The Art of the Commonplace.  The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry.  Edited by Norman Wirzba.  Counterpoint Press, Berkeley, CA.  p 321-327.

Bliss, J. H. and C. Bailey (2005). Pulp, Paper, and Poverty:  Forest-based Rural Development in Alabama, 1950-2000. In Communities and Forests - Where People Meet the Land. Eds. R.G. Lee and D. R. Field.  Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. 320 p.

Cronon, William (1998).  The Trouble with Wilderness, or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature.  From: The Great New Wilderness Debate.  University of George Press, Athens.  p 471-499.

Doyle, Alister (2006). Intact Northern Forests Worth $US250 Billion/Year � Study. From: Reuters. August 27, 2006. 1p.

Duda, Mark and Jane S. Shaw (1997).  From Cradle to Grave:  Measuring Products' Environmental Impact.  USA Today Magazine. Volume124, Issue 2624, pp 54 ff.  Editorial.

Edwards, Andres R. (2005).  The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift. New Society Publishers. Gabriola, BC. Chapter 4:  p. 77-96

Edwards, Andres R. (2005).  The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift. New Society Publishers. Gabriola, BC. Chapter 7:  p. 123-140

Ehrlich, P. and A. Ehrlich (2008).  Chapter 12 (pp 234-254): A New Imperative, and Chapter 15 (pp 310-330): Saving Our Natural Capital in "The Dominant Animal". Island Press, Washington, D.C. 428p.

Ehrlich, P.R. and A.H. Ehrlich (2008). Chapter 15 - �Saving our Natural Capital� in The Dominant Animal � Human Evolution and the Environment.  Island Press/Shearwater Books. Washington D.C.  428 p.

Environmental Justice Resource Center.  Principles.  Adopted October 27, 1991.  Accessed March 28, 2008 from http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/princej.html

Gertner, Jon (2007).  The Future is Drying Up.  New York Times.  October 21, 2007.  19 pages.

Gill, Bruce (2004).  Challenges of Change.  pp 35-46 in "Society and Natural Resources: A Summary of Knowledge."  Eds:  Manfredo, M.J., Vaske, J.J., Bruyere, B.L., Field, D.R. and Brown, P.J.  Modern Litho, Jefferson, MO.  361 p.

Greider, T. and L. Garkovich (1994).  The Social Construction of Nature and the Environment.  Rural Sociology 59(1):1-24.

Haider, W. and Morford, S. (2004).   The relevance of social science to the management of natural resources in British Columbia.  BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 4(1):1-11. 

Hardin, Garrett (1968).  The tragedy of the commons. Science, 162:1243-1248.

Innes, J. and Booher, D. (2004). Reframing public participation: strategies for the 21st century.  Planning Theory & Practice, 5(4)419-436

Jenkins, Matt (2008).  Seeking the Water Jackpot.  High Country News.  Feature article - March 17, 2008. 12 p.

Kellert, Stephen R.  (1996).  Chapter 3 (p 37-63) in: The Value of Life - Biological Diversity and Human Society.  Island Press.  Washington, D.C.  263 p. 

Land Trust Alliance Web site - http://www.landtrustalliance.org and http://www.landtrustalliance.org/conserve

Land Trust Alliance:  Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/conserve/faqs

Leopold, Aldo (1987).  A Land Ethic. From: A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There. Publ: Oxford University Press. Oxford.  p. 201-227.  Also...Thinking Like a Mountain  from Sand County Almanac.

Link, Timothy E, Cathy D. Pearson, Cathi Jones, Brandon Fitt and Caryn M. Davis (2003).  Water Availability and Use.  Chapters 19 and 24 In Water Resources in North America. Asit K Biswas (ed.). Springer-Verlag.  Berlin.  p. 163-174 and 201-217.

Louv, Richard (2006).  Cities Gone Wild.  From: Last Child in the Woods.  Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, NC.  p 239-264.

Mason, Robert J. and Sarah Michaels (2001).  Sentimental Ecology, Science and Sustainable Ecosystem Management.  Chapter 4 in Ecology, Uncertainty and Policy:  Managing Ecosystems for Sustainability.  Prentice Hall.  Marlowe, England.  p. 66-82.

McKibben, Bill (2007).  Deep Economy - The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future.  Time Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York.  p. 25-45.

Meffe, Gary, K. et al.  (2002).  Getting a Grip on Ecosystem Management.  Chapter 2 in Ecosystem Management:  Adaptive, Community-Based Conservation.  Island Press, Washington, D.C. p. 57-78.

Morford, Shawn, Diane Parker, Heather Rogers, Carla Salituro, and Tom Waldichuk (2003).  Culture, worldviews, communication styles, and conflict in forest management.  BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 3(1):1-7.

Nash, Roderick (1966).  The American cult of the primitive.  American Quarterly 18 (3):518-537

Nijhuis, Michelle (2000).  Acre by Acre.  High Country News 32(4).  9 p.

NOAA website:    http://www.csc.noaa.gov/mpass/

Norris, Scott (2004). Only 30: A Portrait of the Endangered Species Act as a Young Law. BioScience 54(4):288-294.

Oreskes, Naomi. (2004).  The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change.  Science 306:1686.

Ostrom, Elinor (1999).  Revisiting the Commons:  Local Lessons, Global Challenges.  Science 284:278-282.

Peterson, T. and C.C. Horton (1995).  Rooted in the Soil: How Understanding the Perspectives of Landowners Can Enhance the Management of Environmental Disputes.  Quarterly Journal of Speech 81:139-166.

Pollan, Michael (2006). The Plant.  From: The Omnivore's Dilemma.  A Natural History of Four Meals.  The Penguin Press, New York.   p 15-19

Power, Thomas Michael (2001).  Stories About Livelihoods:  Cultural Inertia and Conceptual Confusion in a Transitional Economy.  In The Great Northwest: The Search for Regional Identity.  Oregon State University Press. Corvallis.  p. 80-93.

Sewell, Cynthia (2007).  Conservation Easements Gain a Toehold in Valley.  IdahoStatesman.com.  January 23, 2007. 3p.

Shifley, Stephen R. (1999).  Sustainable Forestry in the Balance.  J. For. 104(4):187-195.

Speth, J.G. (2008).  Chapter 4: The Market:  Making It Work for the Environment.  Pp 89-106 in �The Bridge at the Edge of the World.� Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 295 p

Sutton, W.R.J. (1999).  Does the World Need Planted Forests?  N.Z.J. For. 44:24-29.

Supplemental Readings

Agyeman, J., Bullard, R.D. and Evans B. (2003).  Joined-up thinking: bringing together sustainability, environmental justice and equity.  In Just Sustainabilities - Development in an Unequal World.  Eds: Agyeman, J., Bullard, R.D. and Evans, B.  Earthscan Publications Ltd.  London.  p 1-16.

Becker, Dennis, et al. (2003).  A Participatory Approach to Social Impact Assessment: The Interactive Community Forum. From: Environmental Impact Assessment Review. Volume 23(3):367-382.

Bryant, B.  1995.  Environmental Issues, Policies, and Solutions. Ed.: B. Bryant. Publ: Island Press. Washington D.C. p. 1-7 (Introduction).

Gill, Bruce R. (1996).  The Wildlife Professional Subculture: The Case of the Crazy Aunt.  Human dimension of Wildlife 1(1):60-69.

Goulder, L.H. and Kennedy, D.  (1997). Valuing Ecosystem Services: Philosophical Bases and Empirical Methods. In Gretchen C. Daily (Ed.), Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems Island Press, Washington D.C., p. 23-47.

Grumbine, R.E.  (1994).  What is Ecosystem Management?  Conservation Biology 8(1):27-38.

Hackett, Steven C.  (2001).  The Economics of Natural Resource Systems.  In Environmental and Natural Resources Economics:  Theory, Policy and the Sustainable Society.  M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY.  p. 76-118.

Hanna, Susan and Svein Jentoft (1996). Human Use of the Environment: An Overview of Social and Economic Dimensions. From: Rights to Nature: Ecological Economic, Cultural, and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment.  Island Press. Washington.  p. 35-56.

Harper, Charles, L. (2004).  Environment and Society - Human Perspectives on Environmental Issues.  Pearson/Prentice Hall.  Upper Saddle River, N.J.  p. 274-304

Johnson, Janis.  (2002).  Saving the Salmon, Saving the People: Environmental Justice and Columbia River Tribal Literatures. From: The Environmental Justice Reader. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.  p. 265-283.

Landers, Rich (2006).  Conservationists remain wary of roadless comment process.  http://www.Spokane7.com/culture/stories/?ID=4486.  October 29, 2006. 

Langston, N. (1995).  Forest dreams, forest nightmares:  The paradox of old growth in the Inland West.  University of Washington Press.  Seattle, WA.  p. 269-283.

Lauber, T. Bruce and Barbara A. Knuth (1999).  Measuring Fairness in Citizen Participation:  A Case Study of Moose Management.  Society and Natural Resources 11:19-37.

Leopold, Aldo. A Land Ethic. Excerpts from: A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There. Publ: Oxford University Press. Oxford. 1949. p. 171-174.

Machlis, G., Force, J. and Burch, W.  (1997).  The human ecosystem.  Part I: The human ecosystem as an organizing concept in ecosystem management.  Society and Natural Resources 10(4):347-367.

Miller, G. Tyler, Jr.  (1994). Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability - Chapter 27 in Living in the Environment.  Belmont, CA, Wadsworth Publishing Company. p. 682-700. 

Norton, Bryan G.  (2004).  What Do We Owe to the Future?  How Should We Decide?  Chapter 26 in Searching for Sustainability.  Cambridge University Press.  p. 493-513.

Reisner, Marc (1993).  Cadillac Desert - The American West and Its Disappearing Water.  Penguin Books.  New York.  Chapter 4: p. 120-144.

Turner, James Morton (2006).  Conservation Science and Forest Service Policy for Roadless Areas.  Conservation Biology 20(3): 713-722.

U.S. Dept. of Interior and Fish and Wildlife Service. Grizzly Bear Recovery in the Bitterroot Ecosystem. From: Grizzly Bear Recovery in the Bitterroot Ecosystem. Summary of the Final Environmental Impact Statement. March 2000. p. 1-12.

Van Driesche, Jason and Roy Van Driesche (2000).  After All the Sheep Are Gone.  Chapter 8 in Nature Out of Place.  Island Press, Washington, D.C.  p. 153-176.Wilson, Matthew A. (1997).  The Wolf in Yellowstone: Science, Symbol, or Politics? Deconstructing the Conflict Between Environmentalism and Wise Use. Society and  Natural Resources 10:453-468.

Wondelleck, S. and Yaffee, S. (2000).  Making collaboration work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management. Washington, DC: Island Press.  Chapter 3.  p. 47-62.

Yaffee, Steven L. (1999). Three Faces of Ecosystem Management.  Conservation Biology 13(4):713-725.

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