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Richard West Sellars ©1997, Yale University Press. CONTENTS: Preserving Nature in the National Parks ©1997, Yale University Press sellars/index.htm — 1-Jan-2003 ...
Richard West Sellars is a retired National Park Service historian and author of Preserving Nature in the National Parks: A History (Yale University Press, 1997, 2009).
Introduction. Chapter 1: Creating Tradition: The Roots of National Park Management. • Growth of the National Park Concept. • Resorts, Spas, and Early National Parks. • The Management of Nature. Chapter 2: Codifying Tradition: The National Park Service Act of 1916. • Advocates and Opponents.
But there was much more involved than just a story; at stake was the creation myth of the national parks—that from a gathering of explorers on a late summer evening in the northern Rocky Mountains had come the inspiration for Yellowstone NP, the prototype for hun dreds of similar parks and reserves around the world.
He is best known as the author of Preserving Nature in the National Parks: A History, published in 1997 by Yale University Press, and the chief catalyst for a major initiative by the National Park Service to revitalize natural resource management in the parks.
Nov 7, 2019 · Sellars, Richard West, 1935- Publication date. 1997. Topics. United States. National Park Service -- History, United States.
Dick Sellars’ seminal book, Preserving Nature in the National Parks, was published in 1997. Dick was a well‐respected NPS historian who wrote this book as his primary NPS responsibility in response to Alston Chase’s Playing God in Yellowstone, which was highly critical of NPS natural resource management.
