Stitching the West Back Together - Conservation of Working Landscapes

News headlines would often have us believe that conservationists are inevitably locked in conflict with the people who live and work on the lands they seek to protect. This book delves into the history and evolution of western land use policy and of the working landscapes themselves.

About the author

Susan Charnley is a research social scientist at the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station. Thomas E. Sheridan is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona and a research anthropologist at the university's Southwest Center, where Gary P. Nabhan is a research scientist.

Summary

News headlines would often have us believe that conservationists are inevitably locked in conflict with the people who live and work on the lands they seek to protect. This book delves into the history and evolution of western land use policy and of the working landscapes themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Sheridan Charnely, Susan Charnley, Susan Sheridan Charnley
• Assisted by: Susan Charnely (Editor), Susan Charnley (Editor), Gary P. Nabhan (Editor), Gary Paul Nabhan (Editor), Thomas E. Sheridan (Editor), Sheridan Thomas E. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2014
• EAN: 9780226165714
• ISBN: 978-0-226-16571-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Summits: Environmental Science; Summits: Environmental Science, Law, and (CHUP); Summits: Environmental Science, Law, and; Summits: Environmental Science, Law, and Policy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Conservation of the environment