Conservation In America Research Articles

Pure Trash: New Woods and Old Claims in Architectural Materiality

In the twentieth century, a decades-long debate about timber conservation in America began to shift. As opposed to cutting fewer trees and planting more, conversations about sustaining the nation’s forests increasingly circled around the ideal of higher utilization. Fundamentally, higher utilization meant waste reduction, which entailed turning a greater percentage of the harvested forest into useful products. Practically, this meant finding new markets for building materials that were made from what had previously been considered waste: the tops and branches of trees, lower value tree species, sawdust, and the edges of trimmed logs and boards. This essay will trace the strange ways in which publicity for these materials evaded any association with waste reduction, focusing instead on notions of purity and naturalness. In addition, it will demonstrate how these products were assiduously positioned to retain their associations with solid timber, even while leveraging claims to scientific improvement upon and transcendence of “natural” wood’s intrinsic limitations.

Partisanship, Impeachment, and the Democratic Primaries: American Political Discourse, January - February 2020

Partisanship, Impeachment, and the Democratic Primaries: American Political Discourse, January - February 2020

Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed

Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed

From the Crow's Nest: A Call to Unite for Conservation in America

From the Crow's Nest: A Call to Unite for Conservation in America

The Environmental debate: a documentary history, with timeline, glossary, and appendices

This unique collection of primary documents examines the evolution of concern about environmental degradation, pollution, and resource conservation in America from the Colonial period the present.

The Untilled Garden: Natural History and the Spirit of Conservation in America, 1740-1840, by Richard W. Judd.

<i>The Untilled Garden: Natural History and the Spirit of Conservation in America, 1740-1840</i>, by Richard W. Judd.

Secularism and Theism: A Problem of Rationality

Problem statement: A belief prevails today that pluralist liberal societies and genuine religious belief are incompatible. Until this belief is overcome it is unlikely that progress can be made toward dialogue between liberal pluralists, who pride themselves on their open-mindedness and rationality, and religious conservatives in America and theocrats elsewhere who esteem their devotion equally highly. Approach: Compare the rationality of "paradigm shifts" and that of religious conversion. Results: There was no difference in rationality between scientific progress when understood as a "paradigm shift" and that between conversion from theism to atheism or vice versa. Conclusion: Neither secularists nor theists were justified in their belief that liberalism and theism are incompatible. Pluralities of beliefs are all equally justifiable in terms of reason.

A ‘wonderfull Order and Balance’: Natural History and the Beginnings of Forest Conservation in America, 1730–1830

A ‘wonderfull Order and Balance’: Natural History and the Beginnings of Forest Conservation in America, 1730–1830

Broadening the Family of God: Debating Same-sex Marriage and Queer Families in America

Since the United States Supreme Court overturned state sodomy statutes in its 2003 decision, Lawrence and Garner v. Texas, religious and political conservatives in America have feared that the decision could pave the way for legalization of same-sex marriage. No longer able to rely on the illegality of same-sex relationships to deny the legal protections of marriage to those relationships, conservatives have had to rely on broader discourses from which to argue against same-sex marriage. One particularly powerful discourse claims that marriage must be confined to heterosexual relationships in order to protect children. This paper explores the various discourses surrounding heterosexual marriage and families that are commonly employed in the ongoing debates about same-sex marriage in America today. First, the paper explores the ways in which psychoanalysis requires heterosexuality to articulate a theory of childhood development, comparing the dynamics of psychoanalytic discourse in both France and America. Second, the paper critiques common Christian theological claims of marriage, focusing on the theology and ethics of Karl Barth. Having explored psychological and theological claims, the paper ends by pointing to progressive Christian communities as sites from which alternative theologies and rituals are developing that illumine broader expressions of family.

Book review, Early Forestry and Conservation in America

Book review, Early Forestry and Conservation in America

Dillard, Angela D. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now? Multicultural Conservatives in America

Dillard, Angela D. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now? Multicultural Conservatives in America

The Environmental Debate: A Documentary History

This unique collection of primary documents examines the evolution of concern about environmental degradation, pollution, and resource conservation in America from the colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. The historical introductions to each part and to each document provide a context for analyzing each document and will aid readers to better understand the various stands taken in debates over how, why, and if our environment needs to be protected. Students and others interested in environmental problems are encouraged to consider all sides of these complex issues before drawing their own conclusions. The documents are taken from the writings of naturalists, including botanists and ornithologists; conservationists, ranging from forest managers to game hunters to grassroots activists; scientists, philosophers, and theologians; lawyers and judges; politicians and industrialists; sociologists and economists; artists, designers, architects; and poets and novelists; as well as from government reports; federal, state, and local legislation; and court cases. They include a wide variety of attitudes about environmental issues ranging from the apocalyptic view that we must immediately diminish our impact on the environment to the belief that we can use whatever resources we want for the advancement of human well-being because human ingenuity can resolve whatever problems ensue. The book, with its broad array of perspectives, will be a welcome resource for students wishing to explore controversial environmental issues from as many different angles as possible.

Insect Conservation in America: Status and Perspectives

Insect Conservation in America: Status and Perspectives

Black and right: the bold new voice of black conservatives in America

Acknowledgments Preface Perspectives on Personal Experience No Room at the Inn: Loneliness of the by Clarence Thomas Notes of a Non-Native Son: Third Vision by Robert A. George You Look Like A Democrat by Kathleen M. Bravo Young, Black, and Republican by Stuart De Veaux What Black Conservative Means to Me by Lee Walker Perspectives on Politics Two Visions of Leadership by Brian W. Jones Convervatives: Undercounted by Willie and Gwen Richardson No Need for a Government Handout by Telly Lovelace Educational Devlopment in the Community by Mazhar Ali Awan Prescription of Conservatives by Gary Franks Perspectives on Racism Are You Really a Racist? A Commonsense Quiz by Joseph G. Conti and Brad Stetson My Experience with the California Civil Rights Initiative by Errol Smith Race Confab: An Exercise in Futility by Jesse Peterson Racial Rage: Response to Jesse Peterson by Marivic Francis Are America's Juries Race-Obsessed? by Deroy Murdock Perspectives on Morals Moral Vacuum in American Must Be Filled by Joseph Brown Family and Parental Licensure by Diann Ellen Cameron A Setback is a Setup for a Comeback by Steven Craft Family Values vs. Homosexual Rights: Tradition Collides with an Elite Social Tide by Joseph E. Broadus A Looks at Abortion by Peter Kirsanow Is This the Work of God? Reflections on the Church by Jesse Peterson Diamonds: Discovering the Lessons of Freedom in Thought by Stan Faryna Perspectives on America A Conversation with Shelby Steele by Joseph G. Conti and Brad Stetson An Interview with Ezola Foster by Joseph G. Conti The Sage of South-Central: An Interview with Larry Elder by Brad Stetson Appendix: Media and Organizational Resources for the Study of Conservatism Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors Index

Conservation of Lepidoptera in the United States

The need to conserve United States populations of Lepidoptera has been recognised for a century, but intensive programmes to do so have only recently come into being. The evolution of the butterfly and moth conservation movement in the United States is followed from the earliest instances to the present state of progress. The origin and growth of the Xerces Society as the chief body for terrestrial arthropod conservation in America are described. Currently, ecological research and political action aimed at specific lepidopteran protection issues are under way. Several of these are examined and the most acute needs for further study and action indicated. Habitat alteration emerges dramatically as the chief problem in the decline of butterfly and moth populations. The relative importance of pesticides and overcollecting is discussed and reinforces the conclusion that the habitat is paramount. Introductions of organisms for purposes of conservation likewise receive consideration, showing this strategy to be problematical and subject to careful review prior to its use. The various levels of government as well as private bodies and individuals have distinct roles in insect conservation. Greater public awareness of beneficial insects must precede optimal effectiveness of conservation schemes. The appointment of an official federal insect conservator is announced along with his initial proposal for endangered species listings for certain North American butterflies. The prognosis for a national programme is suggested. Lepidoptera conservation in the United States has become a fully fledged movement with numerous successes and with many difficult problems to face. The situation is viewed with immediate alarm but cautious long-term optimism as well.

A Documentary History of Conservation in America. Edited by Robert McHenry with Charles Van Doren. (New York: Praeger, 1972. 422 pp. Author index. $13.50)

<i>A Documentary History of Conservation in America</i>. Edited by Robert McHenry with Charles Van Doren. (New York: Praeger, 1972. 422 pp. Author index. $13.50)

A Documentary History of Conservation in America

"A Documentary History of Conservation in America." History: Reviews of New Books, 1(2), p. 32

Man's Dominion: The Story Of Conservation In America. By Frank Graham, Jr., with a Foreword by Elvis J. Stahr. (New York: M. Evans and Co., 1971. Distributed in association with J.B. Lippincott Company, New York and Philadelphia. 339 pp. Bibliography, index, illustrations. $8.95.)

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Review: Man's Dominion: The Story of Conservation in America, by Frank Graham, Jr.

Review: <i>Man's Dominion: The Story of Conservation in America</i>, by Frank Graham, Jr.

Man's Dominion: The Story of Conservation in America

Man's Dominion: The Story of Conservation in America