Revolution on the range : the rise of a new ranch in the American West / by Courtney White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Courtney, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ranching--West (U.S.).

Ranching.

Grassland restoration--West (U.S.).

Grassland restoration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Revolution on the Range, Courtney White challenges the conventional wisdom that those who wanted to work the land and those who wanted to protect it had fundamentally different--and irreconcilable--values. He argues that ranchers and environmentalists have more in common than they've typically admitted: a love of wildlife, a deep respect for nature, and a strong allergic reaction to suburbanization. The real conflict has not been over ethics, but approaches. As ranchers and environmentalists find common cause, they're discovering new ways to live on--and preserve--the land they both love. Revolution on the Range is the story of that journey, and a heartening vision of the new American West.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Prologue

Part One: The New Ranch

Ch. 1: The New Ranch

Ch. 2: Replenishing Soil and People

Ch. 3: Getting into the Game

Interlude: Ranching with Wildlife

Ch. 4: Out of Cowboy Island

Ch. 5: Changing the World

Part Two: The Working Wilderness

Ch. 6: The Working Wilderness

Ch. 7: Goals that Unite

Ch. 8: Quid Pro Quo

Interlude: A Macho Failure

Ch. 9: Thinking Like a Creek

Ch. 10: The Gift

Part Three: The Big Picture

Ch. 11: Across Boundaries

Ch. 12: Useful Science

Ch. 13: Ceaseless Change

Interlude: Seeing the Forest and the Trees

Ch. 14: Mugido

Acknowledgments

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.

ISBN:

1-61091-104-0

OCLC:

759398144