Revolution on the Range The Rise of a New Ranch in the American West

Name: Revolution on the Range The Rise of a New Ranch in the American West
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ISBN: 9781597261746

ISBN-10: 1597261742

ISBN-13: 9781597261746

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Courtney White

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In the final decade of the twentieth century, the American West was at war. Battle lines had hardened, with environmentalists squarely on one side of the fence, and ranchers on the other. By the mid-1990s, debates over the region’s damaged land had devolved into political wrangling, bitter lawsuits, and even death-threats. Conventional wisdom told us those who wanted to work the land and those who wanted to protect it had fundamentally different—and irreconcilable—values. InRevolution on the Range, Courtney White challenges that truism, heralding stories from a new American West where cattle and conservation go hand in hand. He argues that ranchers and environmentalists have more in…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 5/23/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Prologue



The New Ranch



The New Ranch



Replenishing Soil and People



Getting into the Game


Interlude: Ranching with Wildlife



Out of Cowboy Island



Changing the World



The Working Wilderness



The Working Wilderness



Goals that Unite



Quid Pro Quo


Interlude: A Macho Failure



Thinking Like a Creek



The Gift



The Big Picture



Across Boundaries



Useful Science



Ceaseless Change


Interlude: Seeing the Forest and the Trees



Mugido


Acknowledgments


Selected Bibliography


Index