Taming the Wilderness Myth

摘要: Despite nearly a century of propaganda, conservation still proceeds at snail's pace; progress consists largely letterhead pieties and convention oratory. On the back forty we slip two steps backward for each forward stride. The usual answer to this dilemma is "more education." No one will debate this, but it certain that only volume education needs stepping up? Is something lacking in content as well? Aldo Leopold (1966, p. 222-223)