Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape

Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape

"The most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command," begins Richard Manning's vivid, anecdotally driven account of the American plains from native occupation through the unraveling of the American enterprise to today. As he tells the story of this once rich, now mostly empty landscape, Manning also describes a grand vision for ecological restoration, currently being set in motion, that would establish a prairie preserve larger than Yellowstone National Park, flush with wild bison, elk, bears, and wolves. Taking us to an isolated stretch of central Montana along the upper Missouri River, Manning peels back the layers of history and discovers how key elements of the American storyâ€”conservation, the New Deal, progressivism, the yeoman myth, and the idea of private propertyâ€”have collided with and shaped this incomparable landscape. An account of great loss, Rewilding the West also holds out the promise of resurrectionâ€”but rather than remake the plains once again, Manning proposes that we now find the wisdom to let the prairies remake us.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2009-06-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520256583

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2009-06-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520256583

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