Wilderness Archives - Essay Quoll

What is Wilderness? Why is it so important and what can be done to protect it? Is there any controversy in the United States about this? What is your opinion? What is the nearest wild place near where you live? Describe it.

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Assessments

Compose a 300-word (minimum) essay on the topic below. Essays must be double-spaced and use APA-style in-text citations to reference ideas or quotes that are not your own. You must include a separate bibliography. What is Wilderness? Why is it so important and what can be done to protect it? Is there any controversy in […]

What was Chris McCandless seeking in the wilderness? Do you think he found it before he died?

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Ambrose

Directions Jon Krakauer writes: “McCandless didn’t conform particularly well to the bush-casualty stereotype. Although he was rash, untutored in the ways of the backcountry, and incautious to the point of foolhardiness, he wasn’t incompetent—he wouldn’t have lasted 113 days if he were. And he wasn’t a nutcase, he wasn’t a sociopath, he wasn’t an outcast. […]

What is the restoration thesis and how is it typically employed in the context of arguments concerning wilderness and nature? (a) Do you think these arguments are successful? Explain why or why not.

Posted on December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 by Ambrose

(3) What is the ‘restoration thesis’ and how is it typically employed in the context of arguments concerning wilderness and nature? (a) Do you think these arguments are successful? Explain why or why not. (b) What sort of argument would you expect to hear from someone who disagrees with you on your treatment of the […]

Provide an ethical argument whether or not people should respond to Yellowstone wildfires:Would those values be different for defending the protection of wilderness areas in the deserts of the American Southwest?Discuss

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Ambrose

In this discussion, you will provide an ethical argument whether or not people should respond to Yellowstone wildfires. The purpose of this discussion is to evaluate wilderness intervention. In Chapter 7 of DesJardins, read the discussion topic “Wilderness Management: Fighting Fires in Yellowstone” on pp. 149-151. Use information from this reading, as well as other […]