Michael Frome, well-known author and conservationist, is a visiting professor at the University of Idaho, where he has joint appointments in the College of Forestry and the School of Communication.

• The Wilderness Research Center -- Foreword -- Charting New Directions -- The Conditions of Wilderness -- Congressional Directives and Expectations -- Federal Lands— As Bureau Chiefs View Them -- National Parks, a World Class System -- BLM Wilderness—“The New Kid ...” -- Wilderness on Woldlife Refuges -- National Forest Dimensions and Dilemmas -- The Citizen Role in Management -- Professionals and the Public -- Volunteers at the Grass Roots -- Public Groups Turn to Management Issues -- How the Public Can Help -- Facing Competing Demands -- Realities of Resource Conflict -- Wilderness as a Special Resources -- The Livestock Industry's Viewpoint -- Timber Industry Concerns -- Cooperation and Compromise -- Managing Fire in Wilderness -- A Successful Program in the Parks -- Fire as Forest Wilderness Policy -- Fire and the Wilderness Purpose -- Wilderness and Wildlife -- A State Director Speaks -- Recognizing the Schism -- When a Bear Crosses the Trail -- One Wilderness System— East, West, Alaska -- To Dispel a Myth -- Wilderness in Alaska -- Diversity and Unity -- Wilderness in the East -- Challenges of Access, Development, Outfitting -- Biocentric versus Anthropocentric -- Communicating with the Tourist Industry -- Purity by Definition -- Outfitters and Ethics -- Controlling Use—And Paying for It -- Wilderness Research -- Research Update: What We Have Learned About Wilderness Management -- The Next Steps -- Moving to Action -- The Management Action Program -- Position Papers on Wilderness Management -- Ranking Management Priorities

Michael Frome, well-known author and conservationist, is a visiting professor at the University of Idaho, where he has joint appointments in the College of Forestry and the School of Communication.

• The Wilderness Research Center -- Foreword -- Charting New Directions -- The Conditions of Wilderness -- Congressional Directives and Expectations -- Federal Lands— As Bureau Chiefs View Them -- National Parks, a World Class System -- BLM Wilderness—“The New Kid ...” -- Wilderness on Woldlife Refuges -- National Forest Dimensions and Dilemmas -- The Citizen Role in Management -- Professionals and the Public -- Volunteers at the Grass Roots -- Public Groups Turn to Management Issues -- How the Public Can Help -- Facing Competing Demands -- Realities of Resource Conflict -- Wilderness as a Special Resources -- The Livestock Industry's Viewpoint -- Timber Industry Concerns -- Cooperation and Compromise -- Managing Fire in Wilderness -- A Successful Program in the Parks -- Fire as Forest Wilderness Policy -- Fire and the Wilderness Purpose -- Wilderness and Wildlife -- A State Director Speaks -- Recognizing the Schism -- When a Bear Crosses the Trail -- One Wilderness System— East, West, Alaska -- To Dispel a Myth -- Wilderness in Alaska -- Diversity and Unity -- Wilderness in the East -- Challenges of Access, Development, Outfitting -- Biocentric versus Anthropocentric -- Communicating with the Tourist Industry -- Purity by Definition -- Outfitters and Ethics -- Controlling Use—And Paying for It -- Wilderness Research -- Research Update: What We Have Learned About Wilderness Management -- The Next Steps -- Moving to Action -- The Management Action Program -- Position Papers on Wilderness Management -- Ranking Management Priorities

Michael Frome, well-known author and conservationist, is a visiting professor at the University of Idaho, where he has joint appointments in the College of Forestry and the School of Communication.

• The Wilderness Research Center -- Foreword -- Charting New Directions -- The Conditions of Wilderness -- Congressional Directives and Expectations -- Federal Lands— As Bureau Chiefs View Them -- National Parks, a World Class System -- BLM Wilderness—“The New Kid ...” -- Wilderness on Woldlife Refuges -- National Forest Dimensions and Dilemmas -- The Citizen Role in Management -- Professionals and the Public -- Volunteers at the Grass Roots -- Public Groups Turn to Management Issues -- How the Public Can Help -- Facing Competing Demands -- Realities of Resource Conflict -- Wilderness as a Special Resources -- The Livestock Industry's Viewpoint -- Timber Industry Concerns -- Cooperation and Compromise -- Managing Fire in Wilderness -- A Successful Program in the Parks -- Fire as Forest Wilderness Policy -- Fire and the Wilderness Purpose -- Wilderness and Wildlife -- A State Director Speaks -- Recognizing the Schism -- When a Bear Crosses the Trail -- One Wilderness System— East, West, Alaska -- To Dispel a Myth -- Wilderness in Alaska -- Diversity and Unity -- Wilderness in the East -- Challenges of Access, Development, Outfitting -- Biocentric versus Anthropocentric -- Communicating with the Tourist Industry -- Purity by Definition -- Outfitters and Ethics -- Controlling Use—And Paying for It -- Wilderness Research -- Research Update: What We Have Learned About Wilderness Management -- The Next Steps -- Moving to Action -- The Management Action Program -- Position Papers on Wilderness Management -- Ranking Management Priorities