This LandChristopher Ketcham
"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 capitalism is killing our great commons. Ketcham begins in Utah, revealing the environmental destruction caused by unregulated public lands…
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Pace: mediumMedium length
Environmental sciencesConservation of natural resourcesEndangered speciesWest (u.s.), historyTravelEnvironmental conditionsPublic landsEnvironmental degradation
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2 in Spinefolk| Format | Publisher | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | Penguin Books | 2020 | 9780735220997 |
| Edition | Penguin Publishing Group | 2019 | 9780735220980 |
Environmental sciencesConservation of natural resourcesEndangered speciesWest (u.s.), historyTravelEnvironmental conditionsPublic landsEnvironmental degradation
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