Wild Nevada is a beautiful collection of testimonial essays and poems that advocate for and quibble with the concept of formal "wilderness" designation in a state full of de facto wild places. Contributors to this book include ranchers and rangers, academics and community leaders, scientists and artists.
This diverse, sometimes contradictory, assemblage of perspectives on wilderness in the contemporary American West is appropriate for a state like Nevada that prides itself as a haven for free-thinking and individuality, for urban revelry and utter wilderness solitude. These lively statements offer readers a glimpse of how contemporary citizens of the American West feel about the idea of wilderness in one of the wildest regions of the lower forty-eight states. Wild Nevada is a significant contribution to public debates of urban sprawl, biodiversity, the impact of mining, Yucca Mountain, multiple uses of natural resources, the ecological viability of ranching, and indigenous views on wilderness.
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A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Wild Nevada will go to Friends of Nevada Wilderness, http://www.nevadawilderness.org/, to support their important work to protect Nevada's wild landscapes.
To order your copy of Wild Nevada and support Friends of Nevada Wilderness, simply download the order form and mail it in with your payment to Friends.
Wild Nevada Contributors: Brian Beffort, Peter Bradley, U.S. Senator Richard Bryan, Jon Christensen, Michael P. Cohen, Brent Eldridge, Dave Foreman, Michael Frome, Cheryll Glotfelty, Shaun Griffin, Lilace Mellin Guignard, Corbin Harney, Linda Hussa, Corey Lee Lewis, Robert McGinty, Rebecca Mills, Roberta Moore, Steven Nightingale, K. Alden Peterson, Laura Rainey-Carpenter, U.S. Senator Harry Reid, Robert Leonard Reid, Ann Ronald, Gary Short, Marge Sill, Scott Slovic, Gary Snyder, Patricia Swain, Stephen Trimble, Terry Tempest Williams, Ann Haymond Zwinger.
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