Conservation and economic development each require
the other in the northern Rocky Mountains, says The New Challenge:
People, Commerce and the Environment in the Yellowstone to Yukon
Region, a Wilderness Society report written by two staff members of
the Sonoran Institute. Communities in the corridor between
Yellowstone and the Yukon have shared a decline in extractive
industries and a growth in diverse service industries, such as real
estate and engineering. In this shift, caring for the environment
may be the only way to sustain the area’s quality of life while
minimizing growth problems such as habitat destruction, according
to the 85-page illustrated report. The authors ground the study in
input from 170 conservation groups and individuals in the U.S. and
Canada, but the practicalities of how new industry can meet the
challenges of conservation remain beyond their scope.
You can order the $5 report from The Wilderness
Society, 900 17th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006-2596
(202/833-2300).
*Taffeta Elliott
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline You can eat the scenery.
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