pt. 1. Philosophy and rationale of restoration. Restoration, community, and wilderness / William R. Jordan — Another look at restoration : technology and artificial nature / Eric Katz — Ecological restoration and the culture of nature : a pragmatic perspective / Andrew Light — Restoring nature in American culture : an environmental aesthetic perspective / Cheryl Foster — pt. 2. Conflict over which nature to restore — The language of nature matters : we need a more public ecology / R. Bruce Hull and David P. Robertson — Constructing nature as constructing science : expertise, activist science, and public conflict in the Chicago wilderness / Reid M. Helford — Public values, opinions, and emotions in restoration controversies / Joanne Vining, Elizabeth Tyler, and Byoung-Suk Kweon — Restoration, the value of participation, and the risks of professionalization / Andrew Light — pt. 3. Making restoration happen : process and implementation — Negotiating nature : making restoration happen in an urban park context / Paul H. Gobster and Susan C. Barro — A people-centered approach to designing and managing restoration projects : insights from understanding attachment to urban natural areas / Robert L. Ryan — Managing naturalness as a continuum : setting limits of acceptable change / Mark W. Brunson — pt. 4. Making and maintaining restored environments. The restoration experience : volunteers’ motives, values, and concepts of nature / Herbert W. Schroeder — Psychological benefits of volunteering in stewardship programs / Robert E. Grese, Rachel Kaplan, Robert L. Ryan, and Jane Buxton — Lessons for restoration in the traditions of stewardship : sustainable land management in northern New Mexico / Carol Raish –; Conclusion: Which nature? / R. Bruce Hull and David P. Robertson.