Cattle in the Cold Desert brilliantly combines a lively account of the development of the Great Basin grazing industry with a detailed scientific discussion of the ecology of its sagebrush/grassland plant communities.... more

Ranch families in the twenty-first century face many challenges, from competition with government-subsidized agribusiness corporations to tax laws that encourage development over agriculture and prevent the smooth transfer of land from one generation to the next.... more

Photography by Tom Bean Dagget’s ideas fly in the face of our culture’s assumption that humans are separate from nature and of current notions that the best way for us to protect the land is to leave it alone.... more

For millennia the ecology of the Great Basin has evolved because of climate change and the impacts of human presence.... more