Ranching West of the 100th Meridian:
Culture, Ecology and Economics
Edited by Richard L. Knight, Wendell C. Gilgert and Ed Marston
"Too many cattle eating too much grass and leaving too little behind." That's the way many conservationists have traditionally viewed livestock ranching. But a new book, Ranching West of the 100th Meridian: Culture, Ecology and Economics (Island Press, $50 cl, $25 pb), makes the case that ranching can be a vital part of protecting natural resources in the New West. Edited by Richard L. Knight, Wendell C. Gilgert and Ed Marston—and with contributions from Conservancy veterans Bob Budd and Bill Weeks—the book offers a fresh and lyrical look at ranching culture and a persuasive brief that, when done right, ranching can regenerate long-neglected Western range lands.
—Louis Bayard
