NORTH CASCADES Contested Terrain North Cascades National Park Service Complex: An Administrative History

Cover

Cover: The Southern Pickett Range, 1963. (Courtesy of North Cascades National Park)

Introduction

Part I
A Wilderness Park (1890s to 1968)

Chapter 1
Contested Terrain: The Establishment of North Cascades National Park

Part II
The Making of a New Park (1968 to 1978)

Chapter 2
Administration

Chapter 3
Visitor Use and Development

Chapter 4
Concessions

Chapter 5
Wilderness Proposals and Backcountry Management

Chapter 6
Research and Resource Management

Chapter 7
Dam Dilemma: North Cascades National Park and the High Ross Dam Controversy

Chapter 8
Stehekin: Land of Freedom and Want

Part III
The Wilderness Park Ideal and the Challenge of Traditional Park Management (1978 to 1998)

Chapter 9
Administration

Chapter 10
Land Use and Protection

Chapter 11
Hydropower and Preservation

Chapter 12
Research and Resource Management

Chapter 13
Visitor Use, Concessions, and Development

Chapter 14
Wilderness Designation and Management

Chapter 15
The Park and the Borderland

Conclusion

Notes

Illustrations

Appendix A : Superintendents

Appendix B : Legislation and Treaty Documents

Select Bibliography

Index (omitted from online edition)

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for Stephanie and Gretchen

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