Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Ch. 1: Boundary Marking: An Introduction -- Ch. 2: The Biology of Thinking Like a Mountain -- Defining Biodiversity -- The Advent of Conservation Biology -- The Quest for Viable Populations -- The Decline of Nature Reserves -- Effects of Habitat Fragmentation -- Natural Disturbances and Patchy Landscapes -- Greater Ecosystems and Biological Corridors -- A New Ecological Image of Nature -- Ch. 3: Ghost Bears -- Grizzly Bears in North America -- The Bear Mother Myth -- Grizzlies in the North Cascades -- Grizzly Bear Recovery -- Decisions for the Future -- Ch. 4: Laws on the Land -- The Limits of Legal Preservation -- The Endangered Species Act and Biodiversity -- The National Forest Management Act -- National Forest Planning -- The Mount Baker-Snoqualmie Forest Plan -- Challenging the Forest Service in Wisconsin -- Forest Plans and the Courts -- A National Biodiversity Protection Act -- Legislation for Ancient Forests -- The Future of Legislative Reform -- Ch. 5: The Landscape of Management -- What Is a Resource? -- The Origins of Public Land Management and the Rise of the Forest Service -- Rivalry with the Park Service -- Wise-Use Today -- The Story of the Northern Spotted Owl -- The Genesis of Ecosystem Management -- Ecosystem Management in Practice: Lessons From Yellowstone and the North Cascades -- Federal Agencies and Public Participation -- Reforming the Landscape of Management -- Ch. 6: Ecosystem Management for Native Diversity -- Ecosystem-Management Goals -- Outlining a Model of Ecosystem Management -- Land Managers in Support of Biodiversity -- Passing an Engangered Ecosystems Act -- Protecting Biodiversity on State and Private Lands -- Scientists and Advocacy -- Biodiversity and Civic Responsibility -- Ch. 7: Resources, Ecosystems, Place.

The Council of All Beings -- Ecosystem Management for the Ecological Self -- The Fallacy of Ecosystem Management -- Dwelling in the Commons: A Map for the Future -- The Promise of the Biodiversity Crisis -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.