An eastern turn for wilderness / Christopher McGrory Klyza -- "Remote, rocky, barren, bushy wild-woody wilderness": the natural history of the northeast / Alicia Daniel and Thor Hanson -- Old-growth forests of the northeast / Robert T. Leverett -- Public lands and wild lands in the northeast / Christopher McGrory Klyza -- Ecological reserve design in the northeast / Stephen C. Trombulak -- An opportunity for big wilderness in the northern Appalachians / Jamie Sayen -- Restoring the wild: species recovery and reintroduction / Stephen C. Trombulak and Kimberly Royar -- Making it happen: protecting wilderness on the ground / Emily Bateson and Nancy Smith -- Stewardship and sustainability: lessons from the "middle landscape" of Vermont / Nora Mitchell and Rolf Diamant -- Vermont family forests: building a sustainable relationship with local forests / David Brynn -- A conversation at the edge of wilderness / John Elder -- Some lessons from wilderness, east and west / John Davis.