The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute will celebrate what would be its conservationist namesake’s100th birthday with Wilderness Horizons: An Interdisciplinary Wilderness Conference, Sept. 24-26, 1999, in Ashland, Wis. The Institute is calling now for papers and presentations ranging from the philosophical foundations of wilderness and original wilderness prose, to new ways of managing wilderness. Contact Clayton T. Russell, Assistant Professor of Environmental Education and Outdoor Education, Northland College, Ashland, WI 54806 (715/682-1491); e-mail: crussell@wheeler.northland.edu.

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