Essays on Wilderness

Wilderness has etymological roots in the Saxon and Celtic history – wyld-deor-ness – in rough translation meaning wild animal territory; a place of non-domesticated land. The troublesome definition of wilderness is contested and misunderstood due to its subjective nature, however a commonly agreed upon understanding...

While the main storyline of Heart of Darkness focuses on Marlow’s adventure to central Africa in pursuit of Kurtz, the jungle played an essential role as one of the major themes in the novel. Not only does it serve as the geological setting, but Conrad...

The Wilderness Act of 1964 established that the United States, with increasing population, expanding settlement and growing mechanization, needed to preserve the enduring resource of “wilderness”. The four federal agencies: the Forest Service (FS), in the Department of Agriculture; the National Park Service (NPS); Fish...

Environmentalism has been one of the most grounded developments for more than thirty years. Environmentalists are the main heroes behind this fight; one of them being Wallace Stegner, who never stopped battling for the trees. Throughout the years our nation has been gradually wrecking nature,...