Encounters With The Archdruid Analysis

Conservation is the management of all of earths renewable and nonrenewable resources. In the effort to try to preserve animals, plants, and natural resources. In Encounters with the Archdruid, Charles Park; the preservationist, is trying to keep nature, dams, lakes, rivers, and the mountains alive and safe from no harm or injury. Preservation is the action of preserving places in the earth untouched by humans. In the book, David Brower is the preservationist. In 1964, the Wilderness Act was written which protects nearly 110 million acres of wilderness areas from coast to coast. This act; the nation’s highest form of land protection said that there were not allowed roads, vehicles or permanent structures in the designated wilderness, it also prohibited activities like mining and
Once we use up all of the natural resources we will have to turn to man made products. When talking about this earlier he also says, “The quantities are finite. It’s criminal to waste minerals when the standard of living of your people depends on it” (21). This is for sure a strong argument because it is a fact that we are using tons of materials up from the earth but not all of them are necessary. It is not like we can make another earth, we have to wait billions and billions of years if not, forever to make more resources. One other strong argument Brower makes is about the value of the wilderness. He is explaining how some people take advantage of the outdoors saying “Wilderness is worth it, if for no other reason than it is the last place where you can get good water” (52). This is a strong argument because it is true that people are not appreciating nature as much as they used to. If you cannot appreciate it for the views and other things it gives you, at least respect it and recognize there is fresh water, but also so much