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Because of
the remote nature of the land, it wasn't until the mid-1880s that Euro-American
people began to discover its beauty and resources.
Read
about the history of the area to find out how and why these people came
here.
Bob
Marshall (1901-1939), principal founder of the Wilderness Society,
millionaire, socialist and a Ph.D. in forestry, traveled several times to
Wiseman, Alaska, in the Central Brooks Range. His joy, his writings and his
experiences, influenced today's philosophy and policy on wilderness designation
and management.
Click on the
picture to see and hear about Marshall's experience with Alaska Natives in
Wiseman, in 1929. [Excerpted from Wild By Law, a film by Lawrence Hott
and Diane Garey, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the
State Humanities Councils of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Wisconsin, California,
Pennsylvania, Oregon and the USDA Forest Service.] |
