Links & Resources
- Missouri Public Land Managers
- Mark Twain National Forest
- Ozark National Scenic Riverways
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Missouri State Parks
- Local Wilderness Resources
- Conservation Federation of Missouri
- East Ozarks Audubon Society
- Missouri Coalition For The Environment
- Missouri Parks Association
- The Ozark Society
- Sierra Club - Missouri
- Webster Groves Nature Study Society
- National Wilderness Resources
- Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
- American Wilderness Coalition
- Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
- Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
- Campaign For America’s Wilderness
- Wilderness Land Trust
- Wilderness.net
- The Wilderness Society
- Books - Articles - Reports
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- Unspoiled Beauty: A Personal Guide to Missouri Wilderness
- This book by Charles J. Farmer has general reference information about the eight Missouri Wilderness Areas, along with personal stories of visits to each. Its a good place to start learning about Missouri Wilderness, and the foreward was written by MWC member John Karel.
- Earth's Song
- Written by Leonard Hall and published by University of Missouri Press in 1981, this book unfortunately appears to be out of print. Leonard Hall lived on a farm near Caledonia, MO and, amongst other things, published many articles in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. What makes this particular set of writings interesting to MWC is Chapter 8: "A Legacy of Wilderness". Written at a time when Missouri's Wilderness Areas were just getting established (except for Hercules Glades and Mingo, which were already designated), the chapter provides a unique perspective on Bell Mountain Wilderness and Irish Wilderness Areas; Current, Jack's Fork, and Eleven Point Rivers; and Missouri wild lands philosophy.
- The Enduring Wilderness: Protecting our National Heritage through the Wilderness Act
- By Doug Scott. An excellent, easy to navigate reference book about the history, present, and future of the Wilderness Act.
- Wilderness and the American Mind
- This book by Roderick Nash was first published in 1967, yet remains one of the most important wilderness books available today.
- The Idea of Wilderness: From Prehistory to the Age of Ecology
- By Max Oelschlaeger. This is a full-blown, scholarly study on the notion of "wilderness". A good book, but not light reading.
- International Journal of Wilderness
- This magazine provides a forum for reporting and discussing wilderness ideas and events; inspirational ideas; planning, management, and allocation strategies; education; and research and policy aspects of wilderness stewardship.
- Sand County Almanac
- By Aldo Leopold. This is a classic conservation text if ever there was one. While most of the writings are more generally about nature, conservation, and related observations and philosophies, there are some important ideas about wilderness and wild lands in this book. Aldo was one of the early conservationists to recognize and promote the idea of wilderness, and co-founed the Wilderness Society in 1935.
- The Singing Wilderness
- By Sigurd Olson. Published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1956, this was Olson's first book and it was immensely successful, becoming a classic of American nature writing. For Sigurd himself, it was the culmination of a long and hard-fought dream.