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Environmental Conflict in Alaska presents a detailed yet readable account of the salient environmental controversies of Alaska's statehood period. As "the last frontier", Alaska lured unusually fervent devotees of the exploitation ethic who sought to make quick profits or recreate the pioneer experience in a land of minimal regulations. The state also attracted passionate environmentalists -- enthralled by Alaska's natural beauty -- who found increasing support from a public anxious about pollution and resource depletion. At statehood, Alaska awaited apportionment among state, federal, and Native claimants. A unique mix of conditions, Ross maintains, precipitated high-stakes, often dramatic battles over whales, wolves, and other wildlife as well as the lands and waters where they roamed. The conflicts helped shape the national environmental agenda and generated a vibrant environmental community in Alaska. They doomed some destructive projects, mitigated others, and gave birth to more open, interdisciplinary, and international models of natural resource management. Ross maintains that over the years, the conflicts strengthened principles of government and corporate accountability, public participation in management decisions, and sustainable use of natural resources. At the millennium, this leaves Alaska a chance to retain much of the pristine quality regarded by so many as its primary value. Sure to be the standard account for years to come, Environmental Conflict in Alaska documents one state's fateful trials surrounding its own irreplaceable portion of our nation's great natural heritage.

Discover the wonder of Alaska...one delicious dish at a time...one fascinating fact at a time. How and what Alaska cooks is incredibly unique! This outstanding new cookbook is a comprehensive collection of the state's most popular recipes, surrounded by the history, customs, grandeur, and enormity that is Alaska. Fifty-four of the leading cookbooks in Alaska contributed their favorite recipes to this collection that includes more than 350 of Alaska's most popular recipes--Icy Strait BBQ Halibut, Bear Tracks, Moose Kabobs, Salmon Seashell Salad, Blueberry Almond Cheesecake Tunnel, Individual Baked Alaska (see recipe at right), and many more--all of which are easy to follow and are edited for clarity and taste. Alaska is the forty-fourth state to be included in the acclaimed BEST OF THE BEST STATE COOKBOOK SERIES.