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That Wild Country

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That Wild Country

An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America’s Public Lands

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An outdoorsman traces the history of US public lands and describes his adventures in the wild.

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Outdoor enthusiast Mark Kenyon offers a love letter to the American wilderness. He shows how the nation’s treatment of its wilderness areas has zigzagged between exploitation and conservation. He focuses on conservation in this inspirational account of the leaders, writers and activists who worked to preserve America’s majestic vistas. In this travelogue and history, Kenyon details how Theodore Roosevelt and other conservationists crafted the public land system despite commercial opposition, and he describes the ongoing conflict between conservation and development. Kenyon, a hunter and outdoor enthusiast, also shares his adventures in US national parks and wildlife refuges.

Summary

Every American co-owns about 640 million acres of public land.

Public lands in the United States – national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges and Bureau of Land Management acreage – cover more than a quarter of the country’s total landmass. This land is open to Americans for camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, biking and studying wildlife.  According to the US Department of the Interior, the public lands under its management in 2015 contributed $300 billion to the national economy. 

America’s public lands are the legacy of generations of conservationists, outdoor enthusiasts and forward-looking politicians. In the face of fierce resistance from industry, cattle ranchers and local governments, such figures as Theodore Roosevelt, Bob Marshall, John Muir and Aldo Leopold fought to preserve wild places.

Unbridled exploitation of American public lands in the 1800s dangerously depleted resources.

The young United States acquired land stretching to the Pacific Ocean, and promoted western migration by selling the land cheaply or giving it away. The government granted 160 acres to any family who pledged...

About the Author

Mark Kenyon is host of the Wired to Hunt podcast. His work has appeared in Outdoor Life and Field & Stream.

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