Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. SECTION I : MISSION AND RELEVANCE OF NATIONAL PARKS
5. ONE. Parks, Biodiversity, and Education: An Essay and Discussion 1
6. TWO. Seas the Day: A Bluer, Saltier Second Century for American Parks 17
7. THREE. A Global Perspective on Parks and Protected Areas 46
8. FOUR Strategic Conversation: Mission and Relevance of National Parks 64
9. SECTION II : STEWARDSHIP OF PARKS IN A CHANGING WORLD
10. FIVE. Climate Change and Novel Disturbance Regimes in National Park Landscapes 73
11. SIX. Climate Change Trends, Impacts, and Vulnerabilities in US National Parks 102
12. SEVEN. Protecting National Parks from Air Pollution Effects: Making Sausage from Science and Policy 141
13. EIGHT. Biological Invasions in the National Parks and in Park Science 161
14. NINE. The Science and Challenges of Conserving Large Wild Mammals in 21st- Century American Protected Areas 189
15. TEN. Strategic Conversation: Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World 212
16. SECTION III: ENGAGING PEOPLE I N PARKS
17. ELEVEN. The Tangled Web of People, Landscapes, and Protected Areas 223
18. TWELVE. Science, Values, and Conflict in the National Parks 247
19. THIRTEEN. The World Is a Park: Using Citizen Science to Engage People in Parks and Build the Next Century of Global Stewards 275
20. FOURTEEN. The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Nature: Inspiring Connections between People and Parks 294
21. FIFTEEN. Strategic Conversation: Engaging and Disengaging People in Parks 316
22. SECTION IV : FUTURE OF SCIENCE , CONSERVATION, AND PARKS
23. SIXTEEN. A New Kind of Eden 325
24. SEVENTEEN. The Near- Horizon Future of Science and the National Parks 347
25. EIGHTEEN. Science, Parks, and Conservation in a Rapidly Changing World 363
26. APPENDIX. Historical Connections between UC Berkeley, the Birth of the US National Park Service, and the Growth of Science in Parks 389
27. About the Contributors 407
28. Index 417