National Parks and Protected Areas: Appoaches for Balancing Social, Economic, and Ecological Values

"The balance of nature in any strict sense has been upset long ago.... The only option we have is to create a new balance objectively determined for each area in accordance with the intended use of that area."
—Aldo Leopold, 1927, in a letter to the Superintendent of Glacier National Park

The planning and management staff of state/national parks and protected areas face a complex set of management problems and an uncertain future. Today, internal and external forces are combining with change...