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""Fascinating and impressive."" Thomas Gunton, Director of Resource and Environmental Planning, Simon Fraser University and former Deputy Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks, Government of British Columbia. The Magnificent Nahanni extols the natural wonders of the South Nahanni Valley--its untamed waters, high, glaciated mountains, great falls, deep canyons, extensive forests, alpine tundra, and diverse wildlife, including caribou, wolf, Dall's sheep, and grizzly bear. It is also the story of cooperative efforts to conserve this area of the Northwest Territories as a National Park while enabling Indigenous people to continue to hunt and fish there. ""Just as the Nahanni is an exceptional place, this is no ordinary book. It contains reflections on this remarkable national park landscape by one of the keenest students of parks and protected areas this country has ever produced."" Harvey Locke, co-founder of Yellowstone-Yukon Conservation Initiative and past president of Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. ""[A]n exemplary multi-discipline approach to land use studies and cooperative approaches to researach, planning and land management, especially involving Indigenous and non-governmental gorups--in short, this book makes a major contribution to research."" John S. Marsh, co-editor, Changing Parks

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Author:   Gordon J. Nelson ,  Harvey Locke
Publisher:   University of Regina Press
Imprint:   University of Regina Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780889774605

ISBN 10:   0889774609
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   31 March 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction A Note on Terminology PART 1 : THE WONDERS OF THE NAHANNI: PLANNING FOR A NATIONAL PARK RESERVE CHAPTER 1: Envisioning the Magnificent Nahanni CHAPTER 2: Creating the Initial Nahanni National Park Reserve: Ideal Wilderness and Top-Down Planning CHAPTER 3: The Struggle for Expansion: New Ideas and Approaches in the 1980s and 1990s PART II: WHY AND HOW THE NATURAL QUALITIES OF THE NAHANNI WERE CONSERVED IN THE PAST CHAPTER 4 : The Nineteenth-Century Fur Trade: The Early Years CHAPTER 5: The Nineteenth-Century Fur Trade: The Later Years CHAPTER 6: Mining and Mixed Economy CHAPTER 7: Conserving the Ecological Integrity of the Nahanni for More than Two Hundred Years PART III: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES CHAPTER 8: Challenges and Opportunities CHAPTER 9: Analogies with Experience Elsewhere A Note on Sources Appendix A: A Timeline for the Protection of the Nahanni Appendix B: A List of Traditional Place Names in the Dene Language Notes References Permissions Acknowledgements Index

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Fascinating and impressive. -- Thomas Gunton, Director of Resource & Environmental Planning, Simon Fraser University & former Deputy Minister of Environment, Lands & Parks, Government of British Columbia Just as the Nahanni is an exceptional place, this is no ordinary book. It contains reflections on this remarkable national park landscape by one of the keenest students of parks and protected areas this country has ever produced. -- Harvey Locke, Co-Founder of Yellowstone-Yukon Conservation Initiative & Past President of Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society [A]n exemplary multi-discipline approach to land use studies and cooperative approaches to researach, planning and land management, especially involving Indigenous and non-governmental gorups -- in short, this book makes a major contribution to research. -- John S Marsh, Co-Editor, Changing Parks If you are looking for a comprehensive history of the four-decade struggle to protect this biologically and culturally rich area, then this is the right book. - The Canadian Field-Naturalist

Fascinating and impressive. -- Thomas Gunton, Director of Resource & Environmental Planning, Simon Fraser University & former Deputy Minister of Environment, Lands & Parks, Government of British Columbia Just as the Nahanni is an exceptional place, this is no ordinary book. It contains reflections on this remarkable national park landscape by one of the keenest students of parks and protected areas this country has ever produced. -- Harvey Locke, Co-Founder of Yellowstone-Yukon Conservation Initiative & Past President of Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society [A]n exemplary multi-discipline approach to land use studies and cooperative approaches to researach, planning and land management, especially involving Indigenous and non-governmental gorups -- in short, this book makes a major contribution to research. -- John S Marsh, Co-Editor, Changing Parks

Author Information

Gordon Nelson has received the Massey Medal, the Parks Canada Natural Heritage Award, an Award for Scholarly Distinction in Geography, and the Harkin Medal. He is a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. A conservationist, writer, and photographer, Harvey Locke is a recognized global leader in the field of parks, wilderness, wildlife, and large landscape conservation.

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