Home Land: Ranching and A West That Works (Rocky Mountain Land Library) - Softcover

Pritchett, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1917895038 ISBN 13: 9781917895033

Publisher: Bower House, 2018

Synopsis

If you care about the West, you must care about the lands of the West—lands that are disappearing rapidly, along with the people and cultures that go along with them.

In this collection of 22 essays, the editors have brought together some of the best—and most insightful—writing on ranching in the West. These writers explore the changing landscape of the West and how, in an age of huge, corporate-owned ranches, the small rancher can survive. This book brings together the best writers in the West today—including poets, ranchers, and conservationists—in a one-of-a-kind, unique look at the West.

Includes essays by: Aaron Abeyta, Julene Bair, Rick Bass, Bob Budd, Joan Chevalier, James Galvin, Drum Hadley, Linda Hussa, Page Lambert, Wallace McRae, Sharon Salisbury O’Toole, Diane Josephy Peavey, Nathan Sayre, Mark Spragg, Kim Stafford, Paul F. Starrs, Courtney White, Paul Zarzyski

About this title

About the Authors

Richard L. Knight is interested in the ecological effects associated with the conversion of the Old West to the Next West. A professor of wildlife conservation at Colorado State University, he received his graduate degrees from the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin. While at Wisconsin he was an Aldo Leopold Fellow and conducted his research at Aldo Leopold's farm, living in "The Shack." Presently he sits on a number of boards, including the Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust, the Quivira Coalition, the Science Board of the Malpai Borderlands Project, and The Nature Conservancy's Colorado Council. Richard was selected by the Ecological Society of America for the first cohort of Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows, who focus on leadership in the scientific community, communicating with the media, and interacting with the business and corporate sectors. With his wife, Heather, he works with his neighbors in Livermore Valley on stewardship and community based activities.

Jeff Lee is director of the Rocky Mountain Land Library, a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to encourage a greater awareness of the land. For the past twenty years, he has also been a bookseller at Denver's legendary Tattered Cover Book Store.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bower House
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1917895038
• ISBN 13: 9781917895033
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Knight Richard L, Lee Jeff