Bring Back the Buffalo! - A Sustainable Future for America''s Great Plains

With a new epilogue

Though the Plains have been in economic and population decline since the twenties, they are actually within closer reach of vibrant ecological sustainability than any other region of the country. This visionary book offers a constructive alternative to the decline of cattle ranching, depletion of underground water, and dependency on outside energy sources. It shows how bringing back the hardy, majestic bison and using the region's winds to generate power are keys to renewed economic and social health for Plains communities.

List of contents

Part I: BISON PAST
The Bison Heartland
The Managed Land

Part II: BISON PRESENT
Bison on Indian reservations
Bison on Public Lands
Bison on Ranches

Part III: BISON FUTURE
Bison Country
Real Productivity
Bison as a Food Source
A Buffalo Commons
Bison and Wind Power
Bison Politics and Cowboy Culture

Concusion: They Will Come
Epilogue: for the New Century

About the author

Ernest Callenbach is the author of Ecology: A Pocket Guide (California, 1998), Ecotopia (1975), and Ecotopia Emerging (1981).

Summary

Arguing that the American Plains are within closer reach of vibrant ecological sustainability than any other region of the country in 1999, this text shows how bringing back the buffalo and using wind to generate power are key to renewed economic and social health for Plains communities.

Product details

• Authors: Ernest Callenbach, Callenbach Ernest
• Assisted by: Carl Dennis Buell (Illustration)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2000
• EAN: 9780520224070
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22407-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, Environmental Management, United States of America, USA, Rural planning and policy, Rural planning