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A watershed moment : the American West in the age of limits / edited by Robert Frodeman, Evelyn Brister, and Luther Propst.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainability--West (U.S.).
- Sustainability.
- Sustainability--Philosophy.
- Land use--West (U.S.).
- Land use.
- Conservation of natural resources--West (U.S.).
- Conservation of natural resources.
- West (U.S.)--Economic aspects.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Place of Publication:
- The University of Utah Press 2024
- Summary:
- "The American West is often portrayed in the cultural imagination as a place of rugged, unending landscapes. The land is more fragile and resources more finite than popular perceptions acknowledge. This compilation of essays, A Watershed Moment, reveals tensions between a culture of economic growth and the ecological, economic, and social constraints set by community values and the land itself. As westerners and their communities come up against limits, the volume editors shine a spotlight on issues of sustainability endemic to the region. The volume presents practical approaches to land use, land management, and planning with rich philosophical perspectives on justice, quality of life, and sustainability in the American West. The contributors are policymakers, government employees, land and water managers, urban planners, biologists, tribal members, writers, and academics from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. The result is a compelling portrait of place-based, policy-oriented sustainability in the region"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : uilding sustainable communities in the Intermountain West / Evelyn Brister
- The West as myth and reality / Robert Frodeman
- The myth of homeland : Bunkerville, Nevada / Betsy Gaines Quammen
- From reclamation to reckoning : a Phoenix story / Grady Gammage Jr., Wellington Reiter
- The hidden side of the West : the U.S.-Mexico borderlands / Josiah Heyman
- Farmington, New Mexico, and America's energy transition / Jonathan P. Thompson
- Booming and busting in Salmon, Idaho : cobalt and the New West / Jared L. Talley
- The New West economy : a recipe for social unravelling? / Shawn Hill
- Shelter for the people : in Telluride, community suffers without adequate housing / Joan May
- Exporting the costs of growth : Jackson Hole, Wyoming / Luther Propst
- Bozeman is booming for some, but is it already a bust for others? / Kristal Jones
- Tourism and turmoil challenge Sedona's future / Jennifer Wesselhoff
- Wallowa County and Oregon's half-century battle against urban and rural sprawl / Robert Liberty
- Nihikéyah : land policy in Navajo Nation / Crystal Carr, Andrea Christelle
- Tribal governance of traditional lands : Bears Ears National Monument / Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk
- Innovation and collaboration on private lands along Wyoming's Absaroka Front / Drew E. Bennett, Travis Brammer, Hilary Byerly Flint
- Beyond current boundaries : disrupting historical legacies to re-indigenize the crown of the continent / Monte Mills, Kekek Jason Stark
- Recreation as wreckreation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem / Todd Wilkinson
- Heart of the West : Wyoming's commitment to conserve ungulate migrations / Emily Reed, Matthew Kauffman
- Beyond the science : lessons in human-black bear coexistence / Stewart W. Breck
- At home with forest fires in the West / Paul C. Rogers
- Human-driven changes and solutions at Great Salt Lake / Bonnie K. Baxter
- Beaver rewilding : ecological processes in the Northern Rockies / Jodi Brandt, Jen Schneider, Nick Kolarik, Emily Iskin, Nawaraj Shrestha, Nancy Glenn
- Heading downhill : management challenges on the Snake River / Carlin Girard
- A renewed Glen Canyon emerges / Seth Arens.
- ISBN:
- 1-64769-204-0
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