Saving the Big Sky – A Chronicle of Land Conservation in Montana Bugbee Kiesling

Saving the Big SkyA Chronicle of Land Conservation in Montana\nAuthor(s): Bruce A. Bugbee, Robert J. Kiesling, John B. Wright, Kevin League\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oregon State University, United States\nImprint: Oregon State University\nISBN-13: 9781962645362, 978-1962645362\nSynopsis\nThe essential purpose ofSaving the Big Skyis 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. Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge about land stewardship has evolved and since the 1970s tribes, nonprofit organizations, land trusts, and government agencies have conserved land in many creative ways. Beautifully illustrated with more than ninety color photographs and thirty detailed maps,Saving the Big Skyshowcases land conservation achievements across eight regions of the state: the Rocky Mountain Front, the Bl.