Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West - Hardcover

Wuerthner, George; Matteson, Mollie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559639423 ISBN 13: 9781559639422

Verlag: ISLAND PR, 2002

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Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West tells the story of a vast region, sparsely populated by people but tragically battered by an activity many of us have mistakenly believed is benign. In fact, the production of livestock is incompatible with the ecological health of much of the lands in the West. Aridity is chief among the factors limiting compatible uses of western landscapes. Over decades, the placement of exotic, water-hogging, ill-adapted livestock on western lands has changed diverse native plant communities into monocultures of weeds: turned perennially flowing creeks into dry stream beds: relegated large predators such as wolves and grizzly bears to only the most remote wilderness areas: and forced many wildlife species to the edge of extinction.
This book shows the real West, not the one seen in postcards or imagined from romantic movies and novels. With photographs and essays, it shows not only the most shocking cases of overgrazing, but also the subtle changes that signal ecological disruption on a massive scale. Welfare Ranching explains the cultural and historical causes of the wasting of the West and offers a vision of the renewal that is possible if citizens are willing to demand that their government shift land management priorities to serving the public and natural good, rather than facilitating private gain. Ultimately, this book points the way to the greatest opportunity yet remaining for ecological restoration and wildlife protection in this country.

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George Wuerthner is an ecologist, writer, photographer, wild-lands advocate, university instructor, and natural history guide, with 26 titles on natural history and related topics to his credit. Mollie Matteson is a writer, editor, and environmental activist. They live with their family in Eugene, Oregon.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ISLAND PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1559639423
• ISBN 13: 9781559639422
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
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