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Recreational paradise or desecrated shrine? diverging perceptions and rhetoric of a contested wilderness landscape: Lake Powell/Glen Canyon

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  • 1999
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  • The California Geographer 39: 34-64
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  • One or our most loved, and most hated, outdoor recreation areas-Lake Powell (the flooded Glen Canyon)-symbolizes conflicting wilderness ideals. Rhetoric among activists for and against the proposal to restore Glen Canyon by draining Lake Powell (studied through textual analysis of newsletters, books, advertisements, and on-line material illustrates perceptions of 'wilderness'. Motorized recreationists (motorists) view the resevoir (billed as America's #1 Housebout Destination) and environs as a rugged playground, while those seeking to drain the reservoir (spiritualists) focus on the sanctity of the river and canyon. Personal connection to place forms the emotional foundation for both sides of the debate, but discourse focuses on less subjective arguments based on economic and ecological ideologies. Lake Powell serves as a case study of issues at the intersection of conservation and recreation.
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