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The following article was first published in the 1984 volume 5, no. 1 issue of Earth First!, page 13. At the time it was published the appreciation of the ecological ramifications of wilderness, and in particular of big wilderness, were still little appreciated except among a few ecologists and "new style" conservationists such as the founders of the Earth First! Movement. Wilderness appreciation has since become somewhat more grounded in ecology and ethics, and even conservative groups, such as the Nature Conservancy, now appreciate the importance of global scale wilderness in the long term preservation of species.

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