Book contents
- American Grasslands
- American Grasslands
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- Introduction
- 1 Spanish Land Grants and the Cielo Vista Ranch
- 2 The Doctrine of Discovery and Vermejo Park Reserve
- 3 Allotment Laws, Trusteeship, and Blackfeet Ranching
- 4 Black Homesteading and the Dearfield Colony
- 5 Treaties, the Taylor Grazing Act, and the Carpenter Ranch
- 6 Wildlife Conservation Laws and the Taylor Lawrence Ranch
- 7 Grazing Law, Water Law, and the Pine Creek Ranch
- 8 Sage-Grouse Conservation and the West Lake Ranch
- 9 National Wildlife Refuges and the “War on Rangelands”
- 10 The Reckoning
- Conclusion
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 February 2025
Book contents
- American Grasslands
- American Grasslands
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- Introduction
- 1 Spanish Land Grants and the Cielo Vista Ranch
- 2 The Doctrine of Discovery and Vermejo Park Reserve
- 3 Allotment Laws, Trusteeship, and Blackfeet Ranching
- 4 Black Homesteading and the Dearfield Colony
- 5 Treaties, the Taylor Grazing Act, and the Carpenter Ranch
- 6 Wildlife Conservation Laws and the Taylor Lawrence Ranch
- 7 Grazing Law, Water Law, and the Pine Creek Ranch
- 8 Sage-Grouse Conservation and the West Lake Ranch
- 9 National Wildlife Refuges and the “War on Rangelands”
- 10 The Reckoning
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
This chapter presents themes that appear in earlier chapters and makes the case for legal reform to create an agricultural framework that represents the “real” west, rather than John Dutton’s west.
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- American GrasslandsReckoning with the Law and Policy that Shaped Agriculture in the West, pp. 186 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025