Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Maps of the National Wildlife Refuge System -- Western Half of the Contiguous States and Hawaii -- Eastern Half of the Contiguous States and Caribbean -- Alaska and Pacific Ocean Units -- 1. Introduction -- The Forces Shaping Refuge Management -- Road Map to This Book -- Part One: Understanding Refuge Resource Management -- 2. What Is the National Wildlife Refuge System? -- Public Land Systems in the United States -- The Crazy-Quilt Refuge System -- 3. The History of the National Wildlife Refuge System -- Early History -- The 1962 Refuge Recreation Act -- The 1966 Refuge Administration Act -- The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 -- The Struggle with Incompatible Uses -- President Clinton's 1996 Executive Order -- 4. The Meaning of Organic Legislation -- Evolution of the Term -- The Hallmarks of Modern Organic Legislation -- Part Two: The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 -- 5. Purpose Statements -- Sustaining, Restoring, Enhancing Healthy Populations -- Plant Conservation -- Modern Scientific Research Programs -- Habitats, Utilitarianism, and Agency Discretion -- Coordination -- 6. Designated Uses: The Hierarchy -- Conservation as a Dominant Use -- Overview of the Hierarchy of Uses -- The Wildlife-Dependent Recreation Priority -- Nonwildlife-Dependent Uses -- 7. |