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Frank Kobina Parkes (8 March 1932 – 23 May 2004) [1] was a Ghanaian journalist, broadcaster and poet. He was the author of one book, Songs from the Wilderness (University of London Press, 1965), but is widely anthologised and is perhaps best known for his poem "African Heaven", which echoes the title of Carl Van Vechten's controversial 1926 novel Nigger Heaven, and was selected by Langston ...
[1] [2] The film is about the work of Aldo Leopold, Bob Marshall, founder of The Wilderness Society and Howard Zahniser. [3] The film gives the philosophical and political underpinnings of the Wilderness Act of 1964. It was narrated by Linda Hunt. This documentary was made possible by the Arizona Humanities Council, which awarded the creators a ...
Sigurd Ferdinand Olson (April 4, 1899 – January 13, 1982) was an American writer, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness.For more than thirty years, he served as a wilderness guide in the lakes and forests of the Quetico-Superior country of northern Minnesota and northwestern Ontario.
The Wilderness received mostly positive reviews from critics. In a review for The Observer, Olivia Laing said the book's "lyrical power" was matched by its "absolute emotional realism". [1] The Evening Standard said The Wilderness "touches a resounding chord of melancholy". [2]
Sep. 6—CABINET MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS — A little less than a half-mile up the trail to Leigh Lake, just about when the incline begins to get annoying, there's a light blue sign screwed to a tree.
In Western Australia, [45] a wilderness area is an area that has a wilderness quality rating of 12 or greater and meets a minimum size threshold of 80 km 2 in temperate areas or 200 km 2 in arid and tropical areas. A wilderness area is gazetted under section 62(1)(a) of the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 by the Minister on any land ...
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Wilderness Act: This Act, which was passed in 1964, classified and protected 54 wilderness areas (about 9.1 million acres) and established a system of adding new lands to the National Wilderness Preservation System. It also allowed jurisdiction over these wilderness areas by the Forest Service, National Park Service, or Fish and Wildlife Service.