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Focusing on the long-standing and bitter battles over recreational use of our national parklands, Joseph L. Sax proposes a novel scheme for the protection and management of America's national parks. Drawing upon the most controversial disputes of recent years ―Yosemite National Park, the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, and the Disney plan for California's Mineral King Valley― Sax boldly unites the rich and diverse tradition of nature writing into a coherent thesis that speaks directly to the dilemma of the parks.

Joseph L. Sax was a Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, he was the counselor to the Secretary of the Interior and Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. Holly Doremus is Professor of Environmental Regulation and Co- faculty Director of the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.