Rocky Mountain Divide: Selling and Saving the West

By John B. Wright and John B. Wright

Book Overview

The opposing forces of conservation and development have shaped and will continue to shape the natural environment and scenic beauty of the American West. Perhaps nowhere are their opposite effects... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292790791
• ISBN13: 9780292790797
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

One of the greatest books written on geography in the Rocky Mountain west

I'm a bit biased as Jack Wright was a professor of mine at New Mexico State University. I am further biased as a property owner in Colorado. However, this is the best book written on the topic of the geography of the central portion of the inner mountain west. What you will find in the easy to read pages is a detailed yet easily readable geographic history of the States of Colorado and Utah. Jack is highly thoughtful yet does not pull punches in his assessments of the historical and structural under pinnings of grave issues that impact these two glorious and iconic western states. Both states have long suffered from rapid population growth, status as amenity and resource rich lands of opportunity that have for ever been viewed as never ending, and habit, water, and air quality degridation and depletion. Some may see this as another environmentalist rant and others may see it is a labor of love by lover of the land. Either just read it. It may change your mind on something, engage your mind about things you have not thought of, or just help you gain a better understanding and appreciation of two awesome states of place and mind.