Research Catalog

Title

Saving the Pryor Mountain mustang : a legacy of local and federal cooperation / Christine Reed.

Author

Reed, Christine M. (Christine Mary),

Publication

Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2015]

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Description

xxiii, 117 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"In 1968 the residents of Lovell, Wyoming began the work of saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang, a breed of horse with a genetic link dating back to the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistadores' horses. In this moving case study, Christine Reed shows how, through a grassroots campaign, these residents championed the creation of the first federal public wild horse range. Crucial to this provocative analysis of local-federal cooperation is the relationship that grew between the Lovell advocates, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service. Long before there were federal laws passed to protect wild horse herds across the western states, the Pryor Mountain Mustang was preserved through the cooperative efforts of local residents and federal officials. Saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang explores the unique and ongoing relationship between locals and the federal government, highlighting the Lovell citizens' philosophy of cooperation instead of the typical mistrust that exists between wild horse advocates and federal agencies. The book provides a rich analysis of how a determined group of people saved an endangered wild horse herd. The book will have wide appeal to wild horse activists, scholars of local and federal governance, and western history enthusiasts" -- From the publisher.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Mustang > Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range (Mont. and Wyo.) > Management
• Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range (Mont. and Wyo.) > History > Sources
• Wild horses > Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range (Mont. and Wyo.) > Management
• Wildlife conservation > Government policy > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 111) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Trespass horses : advocating for the Pryor Mountain Mustang -- Growing pains : expanding the Pyror Mountain wild horse range and Lovell advocacy groups -- Barn raising : "standing up" the Pryor Mountain wild mustang center -- A perfect storm : engaging the national wild horse debate -- Looking to the future.

ISBN

• 9780874179668 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0874179661 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780874179675 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014032928

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library