Salmon theology: Return to traditional reasoning

Joseph Clair

Treesearch

Salmon theology: Return to traditional reasoning

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Joseph Clair

Year:

2007

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Watson, Alan; Sproull, Janet; Dean, Liese, comps. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress symposium; September 30-October 6, 2005; Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-49. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 533-536

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Abstract

When beauty and utility are divorced in the loss of wonder, beauty begins to perish. Salmon go extinct. The fragility of beauty is the fragility of wilderness. It does not perish due to weakness but from the generosity and vulnerability that are bound up with its usefulness.

Parent Publication

Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress symposium

Keywords

wilderness, biodiversity, protected areas, economics, subsistence, tourism, traditional knowledge, community involvement, policy, stewardship, education, spiritual values

Citation

Clair, Joseph. 2007. Salmon theology: Return to traditional reasoning. In: Watson, Alan; Sproull, Janet; Dean, Liese, comps. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress symposium; September 30-October 6, 2005; Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-49. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 533-536