| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.2

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Northern Landscapes: The Struggle for Wilderness Alaska. By Daniel Nelson, Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 2004. vii+312 pp. Map, notes, index. Cloth $36.95, Paper $22.95.
For many of us, any mention of Alaska steers the imagination toward wild unending landscapes and the possibility of grand adventures. Boasting an unimaginably expansive frontier dotted with ingenious native peoples, hardy frontiersmen, and homesteaders as well as widely roving herds of charismatic megafauna, the very name of the state is spoken in reverential tones. America's love affair with Alaska began with the lyrical poetry of bard Robert Service and was further fueled by Bob Marshall's book Arctic Village.	1
Northern Landscapes provides its readers with two compelling and valuable lessons. First, author Daniel Nelson serves up a detailed history of the involvement of Alaskan citizens and politicians in the various wildland issues that have contributed to the state's storied landscape. The second lesson involves the emergence of powerful and effective partnerships between local Alaskan conservation groups and larger national environmental organizations. This new style of collaborative effort resulted in focused and broad-ranging citizen support and action on behalf of the preservation of the Alaskan landscape, its resources and its lifestyles.	. . .

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