The Blue and the Green : A Cultural Ecological History of an Arizona Ranching Community / Jack Stauder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stauder, Jack, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Arizona--History.

Environmental policy.

Land use, Rural--Arizona--History.

Land use, Rural.

Ranching--Arizona--History.

Ranching.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Blue and the Green , anthropologist Jack Stauder analyzes how large-scale political, social, and environmental processes have transformed ranching and rural life in the West.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Maps

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "God's Country": The Blue Frontier

2. Cowboys, Farmers, and Others: The Early Blue Community

3. Blue Country Hurt: Overgrazing, Drought, and Flood

4. Aldo Leopold and Erosion on the Blue: "This Smiling Valley" Ruined?

5. Settlers into Permittees: Under the U.S. Forest Service

6. The Blue Community Evolves, 1920-1990

7. Creating Wilderness on the Blue

8. Returning the XXX Ranch to the Wild

9. Ranching and the Environmental Movement

10. A New Regulatory Regime: The 1995 NEPA Cuts on the Blue

11. The Ranchers Resist: Appealing the Cuts

12. In the Courts: The Las Cruces Trial

13. Cattle and Minnows: Fencing Off Riparian Areas

14. Cattle Versus Elk and Wolves

15. Blue Ranchers' Stories-Part I

16. Blue Ranchers' Stories-Part II

17. Conclusion

References

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-943859-11-6

OCLC:

941696204