Customer Reviews:
 Environmentalism at its worst January 27, 2004
Karsten Heuer is an excellent writer of fiction, particularly in the way he weaves half-truths and worrisome pronouncements on the impending death of Mother Nature into his narrative. There isn't enough room in this space to debunk his jaundiced and unsubstantiated view of the natural world. Suffice it to say that anyone looking for a well researched book on the actual state of planet Earth, one that is backed up by meticulous footnotes and references to readily accessible facts, should read "The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World" by Bjorn Lomborg, a world-renowned statistician with credentials to match his acclaimed work. Walking the Big Wild Fantasy is a better title for Heuer's green musings.
 Glaciers, wild animals, & personal difficulties January 4, 2003
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Walking The Big Wild: From Yellowstone To The Yukon On The Grizzly Bears' Trail by wildlife biologist and member of the Y2Y Conservation Initiative Karsten Heuer, is the expressive and panoramic saga of an incredible 3,400 kilometer hike from the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to the shores of Watson Lake in the Yukon. A captivating, descriptive, informative journey showcasing the splendor of nature and revealing its intense vulnerability to human expansion, Walking The Big Wild is a grand saga of glaciers, wild animals, personal difficulties, and great physical challenges, and very highly recommended reading for non-specialist general readers with an interest in environmental issues, nature and wildlife, and Rocky Mountain and Canadian wilderness enthusiasts.
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