This is a book I recommend to anyone having an interest in Conservation, America’s Natural Resources and or any thoughts about climate change.
Conservation books can be preachy and “doom and gloom”. This book does not sugar coat the state of conservation in America, but it excels at showing the people who have a vested interest across many industries have and their role in conservation.
Tales of Ranchers using beef cattle to manage ancient grasslands, Farmers using better tilling techniques to preserve the soil, fishermen having to focus on better techniques to keep species of fish and shrimp sustainable, or else they go bankrupt.
This is one of the few books to give me hope that things can change for the better for wildlife conservation. This highlights the vested interest that many businesses have in protecting natural resources. Granted it has been several years since this was written, so I do not know how well this book stands the test of time.
There is a documentary about this book, but I have yet to see it.
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