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Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Debates continue to rage over the merits or flaws of public land and whether or not it should be privatized--or at least, radically reconfigured in some way. In Defense of Public Lands offers a comprehensive refutation of the market-oriented arguments. Steven Davis passionately advocates that public land ought to remain firmly in the public's hands. He reviews empirical data and theoretical arguments from biological, economic, and political perspectives...
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Publisher
Caribou Media Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Each year, between 4,000 and 6,000 trespass [marijuana] growers take to the woods of California, and spend at least half the year working 24/7 cultivating and protecting their lucrative cash crop. They divert and pollute millions of gallons of pristine water while using illegal fertilizers and pesticides (some so toxic they were banned by the EPA from use in the US over a decade ago). These groups use large amounts of rat poison and over-the-counter...
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Language
English
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American Zion is the story of the Bundy family, famous for their armed conflicts in the West. With an antagonism that goes back to the very first Mormons who fled the Midwest for the Great Basin, they hold a sense of entitlement that confronts both law and democracy. Today their cowboy confrontations threaten public lands, wild species, and American heritage.
Author
Publisher
Benchmark Maps
Language
English
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Description
"Nevada is rich with public lands that are as wild and diverse as the state's reputation. This is the first atlas to corral all of Nevada's marvels and outdoor recreation potential. Careful and thorough field checking and local research assure users the best Nevada outdoor experience possible. Recreation maps show public land ownership and hunting units, with a categorized guide of parks & forests, historic sites, natural wonders, and camping & RV...
Author
Series
Helen Marye Thomas memorial volume no. 3
Publisher
Agricultural Experimental Station, Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, University of Nevada, Reno
Pub. Date
n.d.
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
Craig C. Downer
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
This stirring book fully justifies America's magnificent wild horses and burros while countering the biased machinations against them. Written by an ecologist who grew up observing these animals in the West, it presents new evidence concerning their history and evolution in North America then describes their many positive contributions to soils, plants, animals and people.
Author
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens explores the history of grazing rights on the West's lucrative public lands and the battles between the Bureau of Land Management and ranchers for their use. The April 2014 armed standoff between Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy and armed militia allies against federal officers serves as the backdrop to the story of a conservative political movement and the resurgence of the radical right in the American West"--...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"The public lands of the western United States comprise some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and mountains. It's an American commons, and it is under assault as never before. Journalist Christopher Ketcham has been documenting the confluence of commercial exploitation and governmental misconduct in this region for over a decade. His revelatory book takes the reader on a journey across these last wild places, to see how...
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