Lonesome Landscapes: Stories from National Conservation Lands
Autor Andrew Gulliforden Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 iul 2026
While the National Park Service is widely known, far fewer Americans are familiar with the Bureau of Land Management’s vast National Conservation Lands—thirty-seven million acres spanning eleven western states and Alaska. Lonesome Landscapes is the first comprehensive history of this system from public domain lands to the designation of national monuments and conservation areas in the twenty-first century.
Drawing from archives, interviews, and field reporting, Gulliford reveals the unsung heroes who safeguarded these lands, from pioneering rangers to grassroots advocates in Native American and Hispanic communities. With vivid stories of explorers, cowboys, hermits, and even an alligator named Clem, this book blends scholarship with storytelling. Lonesome Landscapes is both a definitive history and a call to keep America’s wild places in public hands—an essential read for anyone passionate about the West.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781647692773
ISBN-10: 1647692776
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 10black and white illus., 53 color
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Utah Press
Colecția University of Utah Press
ISBN-10: 1647692776
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 10black and white illus., 53 color
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Utah Press
Colecția University of Utah Press
Recenzii
“A wonderful read. This is the best public lands book since Wallace Stegner wrote Beyond the Hundredth Meridian.”—Bruce Babbitt, former United States secretary of the interior
“A valuable contribution to the literature of American public land conservation history and policy. Gulliford succeeds admirably in bringing this substantial but greatly overlooked portion of the American landscape into vivid focus.”—Curt Meine, Aldo Leopold Foundation and Center for Humans & Nature
“Gulliford does an outstanding job shining a light on the overlooked National Conservation Lands System by tying them into the broader story of the American West, public lands management, and those who have helped shaped all three.”—Michael Childers, Colorado State University
“A valuable contribution to the literature of American public land conservation history and policy. Gulliford succeeds admirably in bringing this substantial but greatly overlooked portion of the American landscape into vivid focus.”—Curt Meine, Aldo Leopold Foundation and Center for Humans & Nature
“Gulliford does an outstanding job shining a light on the overlooked National Conservation Lands System by tying them into the broader story of the American West, public lands management, and those who have helped shaped all three.”—Michael Childers, Colorado State University
Notă biografică
Andrew Gulliford is professor of history at Fort Lewis College. His books include Boomtown Blues: Colorado Oil Shale, Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions, The Woolly West: Colorado’s Hidden History of Sheepscapes, and Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance.
Cuprins
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Privatizing Public Lands
2. Saving the Land No One Wanted: Ranchers, Writers, and the Roots of Conservation
3. The BLM’s Coming of Age: From Girl Rangers to National Monuments
4. Creating a Landscape System for BLM’s Conservation Lands
5. Voices from the Land: Indigenous and Hispanic Advocacy
6. Monuments Lost and Found: The Battle Over Boundaries
7. Wilderness, Wild Rivers, Historic Trails, and the Public Lands Mosaic
8. The Character of Canyons and from Scenery to Science
9. From Las Cienegas in Arizona to Alaska’s Birch Creek
10. Lessons from the Lost Coast and a Bears Ears Kiva
Endnotes
Bibliography
Appendices
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Privatizing Public Lands
2. Saving the Land No One Wanted: Ranchers, Writers, and the Roots of Conservation
3. The BLM’s Coming of Age: From Girl Rangers to National Monuments
4. Creating a Landscape System for BLM’s Conservation Lands
5. Voices from the Land: Indigenous and Hispanic Advocacy
6. Monuments Lost and Found: The Battle Over Boundaries
7. Wilderness, Wild Rivers, Historic Trails, and the Public Lands Mosaic
8. The Character of Canyons and from Scenery to Science
9. From Las Cienegas in Arizona to Alaska’s Birch Creek
10. Lessons from the Lost Coast and a Bears Ears Kiva
Endnotes
Bibliography
Appendices
Index
Descriere
The hidden stories of the public lands that unite us