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Working wilderness : the Malpai Borderlands Group and the future of the western range / Nathan F. Sayre.

Title
Working wilderness : the Malpai Borderlands Group and the future of the western range / Nathan F. Sayre.
Author
Sayre, Nathan Freeman
Publication
Tucson, Ariz. : Rio Nuevo Publishers, c2005.

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176 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 23 cm.
Summary
Which is worse, cows or condos? Can the public lands be "saved" if the private lands are paved? What does the future hold for the West's vaunted open lands, its ever more precious water, and its fire-prone forests? Is ranching a doomed myth?as its critics charge?or the key to real conservation? The Western range is America's most legendary landscape. It is also among its most threatened and most fiercely contested. More than 400 million acres of the West are used to raise livestock: half of the land privately owned and half of it public. In recent decades, the private lands have been rapidly converting to residential development, both around booming cities and in remote, scenic, "exurban" areas. The public half of the range has become mired in political battles and lawsuits between environmentalists, ranchers, and public agencies. In Working Wilderness Nathan Sayre examines an unusual alliance that has worked for ten years to answer these questions and preserve the wide open range: The Malpai Borderlands Group.
Subject
  • Malpai Borderlands Group > History
  • Nature conservation > New Mexico > History
  • Nature conservation > Arizona > History
  • Ranching > New Mexico > History
  • Ranching > Arizona > History
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-172) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface: Suppressing a fire, igniting a community -- Introduction: The western range and the new west -- Crisis, consensus, and conservation -- Gray Ranch -- Grazing, fire, and drought in the Borderlands -- The radical center: Science, politics, and partnerships -- Biodiversity and endangered species -- The specter of subdivision -- Against long odds -- Conclusion: Working wilderness.
ISBN
  • 1887896813 (pbk.)
  • 9781887896818
LCCN
^^2005021588
OCLC
61247118
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library