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Saving the Big Sky : a chronicle of land conservation in Montana /

""The essential purpose of Saving the Big Sky is to inspire the reader to help conserve even more of Montana," write Bruce Bugbee, Robert Kiesling, and John Wright in this compelling study of how six million acres of biodiverse land were conserved in Montana over the past fifty years....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bugbee, Bruce A. (Author), Kiesling, Robert J. (Author), Wright, John B. (John Burghardt), 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Natural areas > Montana.
Protected areas > Montana.
Land use, Rural > Montana.
Nature conservation > Montana.
Biodiversity conservation > Montana.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Montana.
Aires protégées > Montana.
Utilisation agricole du sol > Montana.
Nature > Conservation > Montana.
Table of Contents:
  • Land stewardship
  • Nature's Montana
  • Native voices
  • Ranching
  • Homesteading
  • Land subdivision
  • Land conservation
  • Montana : a state of grace
  • The Rocky Mountain front
  • The Blackfoot
  • The greater Yellowstone
  • The Missoula region
  • Northwest Montana
  • The Flathead reservation
  • The Helena region
  • The prairie
  • The crucial role of capital
  • Making certain it goes on.