Revolution On The Range

In the final decade of the 20th century, the American West was at war. Battle lines had hardened, with environmentalists squarely on one side of the fence and ranchers on the other. By the mid-1990s, debates over the region's damaged land had devolved into political wrangling, bitter lawsuits, and even death threats. Conventional wisdom told us those who wanted to work the land and those who wanted to protect it had fundamentally different (and irreconcilable) values. In Revolution on the Range, Courtney White challenges that truism, heralding stories from a new American West where cattle and conservation go hand in hand. He argues that ranchers and environmentalists have more in common than they've typically admitted: a love of wildlife, deep respect for nature, and a strong allergic reaction to suburbanization. The real conflict has not been over ethics but approaches. Today, a new ranching brand is bridging the divide by mimicking nature while still making a profit. Westerners are l