To Save the Wild Earth: Field Notes from the Environmental Frontline

Conservation pioneer Ric Careless' mantra comes from Henry David Thoreau: "In wildness is the preservation of the world". Careless has devoted his life to the preservation of wilderness areas, meeting with great success in saving the wild places for which he has so passionately fought.

Just as he learned from the lessons of U.S. environmentalist in the 1960s, when the conservation movement in British Columbia was non-existent, so, too, can the United States now learn from his example. With passion, self-awareness, and humor, Careless shares how environmental campaigns are fought and won, and why they are crucial to biodiversity and the continued survival not only of wilderness, but of humans as well.