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The End of Wilderness: Conflict and Defeat of Wilderness in the Grand Canyon

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  • Peter Jacques
  • David M. Ostergren

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In the early 1970s, Grand Canyon National Park intended to designate its land to “Wilderness,” including the controversial Colorado River corridor. However, by the end of the 1970s the potential for Wilderness designation was off the table, and would never seriously return for genuine consideration. Using Schattschneider's model of conflict, we explain how the organization of this conflict privileges the “causal story” of Wilderness opponents, and therefore why the canyon is not designated. It is our contention that members of Congress will not stand forward to support Wilderness designations without simultaneously providing benefits for extractive land use because (1) congressional representatives are more penalized for supporting than opposing Wilderness designations, (2) Wilderness advocacy groups do not pressure congressional delegates as firmly as opposition groups, and (3) key local congressional members are not likely to see Wilderness as a salient issue worth the risk of negative exposure. If these findings hold, the implication is that we may have reached the end of significant Wilderness designations in highly visible areas, unless critical aspects in land use conflict change.

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  • Peter Jacques & David M. Ostergren, 2006. "The End of Wilderness: Conflict and Defeat of Wilderness in the Grand Canyon," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 23(2), pages 573-588, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:23:y:2006:i:2:p:573-588
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2006.00216.x
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    2. David Mattson & Nina Chambers, 2009. "Human-provided waters for desert wildlife: what is the problem?," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 42(2), pages 113-135, May.

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