— Cattle in the Cold Desert, Expanded Edition

— Purshia, The Wild and Bitter Roses

— Cheatgrass, Fire and Forage on the Range

James A. Young has spent more than thirty years in Nevada devising methods to maintain and preserve the soils and plant communities that constitute the rangelands in the Great Basin. He is senior research scientist for the USDA Agriculture Research Service, exotic and invasive weeds research unit.