canyons in, 23, 24, 31, 32–33, 59, 90–92, 109, 168, 169, 170, 177, 184, 190, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 207, 208–212, 309; see also specific canyons
climate change and, see climate change
Colorado River as lifeblood of, 177–78
colors of, 29, 30, 33, 59, 65, 66, 76–77, 90, 166, 168, 177, 190, 196, 197, 211, 261, 306
conservation of, see environmentalism, environmentalists; wilderness conservation
dams and, 67, 97–98, 121, 130, 134, 136, 165–68, 169–71, 172, 173–74, 177, 178–79, 183–84, 213, 224, 284, 313
deserts in, see desert(s)
drying of rivers in, 30, 177, 178, 183, 234
environmental damage and, see environmental damage
fires scarring of, 13, 17, 40, 58, 234–35, 276, 316
honest assessment of conditions needed for successful inhabitation of, 37–38, 43, 44, 45, 60, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 235, 237, 260, 283–84, 315
hostile and inhabitable conditions in, 5, 30, 36, 38, 39, 43, 44, 60, 72–73, 129, 237, 260–61, 284
industrial scarring of, 122–24, 125–26, 264, 311
large scale of, 29, 65, 306
mountains in, 16–17, 18, 23–24, 30, 31, 48, 49, 58, 59, 63, 109, 125, 138, 157, 172, 225, 226, 242, 265, 282, 285
Powell’s surveying of, 130, 131, 136
proliferation of non-native species in, 177, 192, 204–5, 235
ranching and, 40, 42, 87, 90, 95, 98, 121–22, 130, 172
red rocks of, 65–66, 75, 76–77, 90, 92, 93, 97, 109, 139, 168, 177, 190, 197, 208
in Saskatchewan, 261–62
Stegner’s celebration of, 60
suburbanization in, 271–72
threatened and extinct species of, 36, 37, 96, 239–42, 261
tree loss in, 13, 58, 61–62
of Utah, 65–66, 75, 76–77, 89, 90–92, 97, 109, 125, 138, 157, 309
vast space in, 29, 60, 94, 122, 137, 257, 272, 284
vulnerability of, 5, 13, 40, 42, 43, 44, 60, 90, 95–96, 122, 127, 235, 237
waterfalls in, 24, 90, 168, 170, 193, 201, 202, 208–9, 212
wildlife of, 26, 27, 33, 36, 37, 59, 65, 67, 77, 91, 96, 122, 125, 170, 177, 190, 194, 196, 197, 203, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 215, 238–42, 243–45, 249–51, 253–54, 258, 261, 272, 316, 317
see also specific parks, rivers, and states
Western Paradox, The (DeVoto), 120–21, 306
Western Park Convention Center (Vernal, Utah), 112
Weyburn, Saskatchewan, 264, 265
Whale Wars (reality show), 222
When the Rivers Run Dry (Pearce), 307, 313–14
Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs (Stegner), 303, 306, 308, 314
White, E. B., 104
Whitemud Mine, 261
White River, 126
Whitman, Walt, 145, 286
Why I Can’t Read Wallace Stegner and Other Essays (Cook-Lynn), 315
Wildbranch Writing Workshop, 301
Wilde, Oscar, 281
Wilderness Act (1964), 134, 175
wilderness conservation, 40, 54, 67, 88, 89, 96, 121–22, 136, 174–75, 215, 220, 222, 237, 239, 241–42, 254
anti-damming campaigns and, 67, 134, 137, 166–67, 169–71, 172, 173–74, 179, 182, 183–84, 213, 224, 313
creation of national parks and monuments in, 67, 134, 135, 175, 237, 239, 242
economic benefits of, 88–89, 310–11
government laws and regulations for, 95, 134, 175
“rewilding” efforts in, 239–40, 241–42, 316
Stegner on “wilderness” ideal and, 93–94
Stegner’s efforts in, 5, 13, 36, 93–94, 133–34, 173–74, 175, 176, 272, 308
wildlife migratory paths and, 238–40, 241, 242, 316
see also environmentalism, environmentalists
“Wilderness Letter” (Stegner), ix, 93–94, 148, 174, 175
Wilderness Society, 181
Wildlands Project, 239
Wild Rivers Expeditions, 185, 192, 314
Wilkinson, Charles, 284
Williams, Terry Tempest, 34, 66–68, 311
Abbey vs. Stegner koan of, 68, 69, 72, 73, 159, 231, 247, 279, 308–9
writing of, 67-68
Wisconsin, Univeristy of, 38, 69, 84–85
Wolfe, Thomas, 51, 55, 80, 83, 109–10, 154, 233
Wolf Willow (Stegner), 56–57, 132, 144, 262–63, 264, 318, 319
Wolverine Farm Bookstore, 237
Wolverine Farm Publishing, 237
wolves, 122, 241, 243, 248
Worcester, Mass., 17–18, 31
“Writer’s Credo, A” (Abbey), 172–73
Wyoming, 63, 243
pronghorn antelopes in, 238–39, 316
Yampa River, 133–34
Yellowstone National Park, 242–43, 244, 245, 249, 251, 252, 316
Yellowstone River, 245
YouTube, 50, 244, 256
Zakin, Susan, 303
Zion National Park, 164
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