PM Questions Flashcards
The methods of land use employed by settlers from 1700-1870
Slash and burn
Explain the transition from use and exploitation of land and natural resources to recreation, conservation/preservation
Early settlers viewed the natural world as something to be used, tamed, and controlled by man with no concern for any detrimental impacts to the environment. Early conservationists saw this as a problem and promoted awareness to have a responsibility to the land and it’s inherent value through writings, paintings, etc. influencing government to create legislation to protect and preserve the lands for future use and recreation.
What is meant by “W”ilderness?
Capital W means federally designated, Congressional protection.
What is meant by “w”ilderness?
Lower case w means wilderness quality but not federally designated or protected.
Key points to the Wilderness Act of 1964
Imprint of man’s work substantially unnoticeable Opportunities for solitude, primitive, and unconfined An area where the earth and the community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain, leave no trace. Has at least 5,000 acres of or of sufficient size as to make practicable it’s preservation unimpaired condition
What is meant by de facto wilderness
Undeveloped landscapes that have no federally designated protection but have wildland characteristics
Influences of Transcendentalist Movement in literature have in our relationship toward the land? Two writers who were part of this movement
To comprehend nature more spiritually and the relationships within it as manifestations of God. Shifted our thoughts toward nature from taking and using, to living in harmony and being a part of nature, less consumed with man made distractions. Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau
