Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland

by Miriam Horn

Book Overview

Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work--restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans--would not call themselves environmentalists; they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land: the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393247341
• ISBN13: 9780393247343
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.4"