''Wild Earth'' was an

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

magazine published in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

by the

Wildlands Project The Wildlands Network (formerly known as “Wildlands Project") was created in 1991 to stem the tide of species extinctions that was being recorded across North America. Evidence that such extinctions were often exacerbated by a lack of habitat c ...

between 1991 and 2004. The magazine was based in

Richmond, Vermont Richmond is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,167. The main settlement of Richmond, in the north-central part of town, is a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 853 at t ...

History and profile

''Wild Earth'' came about when the original ''Earth First!: The Radical Environmental Journal'' (edited by Foreman during most of the 1980s) ceased publication in late 1990. The founders of ''Wild Earth'' were Dave Foreman and John Davis. That publication was associated with the environmental group

Earth First! Earth First! is a radical environmental advocacy group that originated in the Southwestern United States. It was founded in 1980 by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar. Today there are Earth First! groups around t ...

. In 1990, following increasingly acrimonious debate over the direction of Earth First!, the organization split and the original ''Journal'' folded. Those who wished to continue activism under the Earth First! name, including

anarchists Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not necessari ...

and a west coast faction led by

Judi Bari Judith Beatrice Bari (1949–1997) was an American environmentalist, feminist, and labor leader, primarily active in Northern California after moving to the state in the mid-1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, she was the principal organizer of Ear ...

and

Mike Roselle Mike Roselle (born 1954) is an American environmental activist and author who is a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement. Roselle is one of the co-founders of the radical environmental organization Earth First!, as well as of Ra ...

, relaunched the ''Earth First! Journal'' under their own editorial control. Much of the "old guard" who founded Earth First! in 1980 did not wish to continue under the Earth First! name and launched the magazine, ''Wild Earth''. ''Wild Earth'' differed strongly from the ''Earth First! Journal'' in that while the latter emphasized direct action and a style rooted in the

counterculture A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores.Eric Donald Hirsch. ''The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy''. Hou ...

, ''Wild Earth'' emphasized conservation biology,

science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

, and wilderness proposals, and a style rooted in the conservationism movement. Wild Earth was published quarterly. At first, ''Wild Earth'' was solely a magazine. The publisher was Cenozoic Society, Inc. Later, a new environmental group, the Wildlands Project, was formed and the magazine became the official periodical of the Wildlands Project. ''Wild Earth'' ceased publication in 2004 due to budgetary concerns at the Wildlands Project, as the magazine became increasingly unprofitable to publish and other priorities at the organization were deemed more important than subsidizing a magazine which was no longer profitable.

References

{{Reflist

External links

WorldCat record
1991 establishments in Vermont 2004 disestablishments in Vermont Defunct political magazines published in the United States Quarterly magazines published in the United States Environmental magazines Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1991 Magazines disestablished in 2004 Magazines published in Vermont