The history of the American West is a history of struggles over land, and none has inspired so much passion and misunderstanding as the conflict between rancher

Reconstructing the increasingly contested interpretations of the meaning of public land administration, this book traces the history of the political dynamics b

"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 comm

How it is that the United States—the country that cherishes the ideal of private property more than any other in the world—has chosen to set aside nearly on

Grand Canyon For Sale is a carefully researched investigation of the precarious future of America’s public lands: our national parks, forests, wildlife refuge