Samuel I. Zeveloff is a professor at Weber State
University. He received his PhD from the University of Wyoming and
has research interests in mammalian evolutionary ecology and
conservation biology. His publications include works on mating
system evolution, parental care, and body size patterns. He teaches
evolution, conservation biology, and mammalogy.
Mikel Vause is a member of the English department
at Weber State University. His academic interests include: 19th
Century British and American Literature; The Literature of
Mountaineering and Exploration; Western American Literature;
Environmental Literature; and the works of Sir A. Conan Doyle. He
has led numerous study abroad programs. Vause is the Co-Director
and Founder of the National Undergraduate Literature Conference,
which is attended yearly by approximately 180 student from across
the United States and has hosted a number of the world’s finest
literary figures such as Ray Bradbury, Peter Mattheissen, Richard
Ford, Carolyn Forche, Ann Beattie, and Tobias Wolff. He is a
Co-Director and Founder of the North American Interdisciplinary
Conference on Environment and Community which brings
internationally recognized scholars and writers to the Ogden
community such as David Mech, Sir Christian Bonington, William
Kittredge, and Maurice Horknocker, to discuss a broad spectrum of
wilderness and environmental and literary issues.
“An outgrowth of several North American interdisciplinary
wilderness conferences (held in 1989, 1990, and 1991), the book’s
major sections relate to the philosophy of preservation, the
analysis of wilderness literature, original prose, historical and
societal aspects of wilderness, innovative management approaches,
and possible future directions for preservation.” —Journal of
Forestry, May 1993
""What Wilderness Tapestry offers is an impressive display of
unique presentations on environmental preservation. None of the
worn arguments appear here.” —David Bajo, The San Diego Review,
April 1, 1993
“The general message that emerges is that wilderness is indelibly
etched on our psyche and that the case for wilderness preservation
can be found in the ways in which it is essential to human
existence. The essays support the contention that, without
wilderness, we will not reach our individual and societal potential
or maintain our cultural identity. Those concerned with wilderness
policy and management, as well as those interested in wilderness
literature, philosophy, history, and socio-psychology, will find
this work provocative and refreshing.” —S. Hollenhorst, CHOICE,
September 1993
“Focusing on literature, philosophy, poetry, and politics, this
compendium of wilderness thought emerges as a complementary study
to Roderick Nash’s classic Wilderness and the American Mind.”
—Western Historical Quarterly, February 1994
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