Contents -- Foreword vii -- Introduction 1 -- The Spirit of the West Stewart Udall: Troubled Optimist 7 -- Ed and Betsy Marston: The Paper We Did Was a Function of Its Time 11 -- Bill Hedden: Lasting Conservation 19 -- Bill deBuys: Writing the Land as Character 25 -- Patricia Nelson Limerick: GoingToe-to-Toe with Western Myths 29 -- Charles Wilkinson: The New West Never Happened 35 -- Terry Tempest Williams: Leading Lives of Greater Intention 41 -- Rousing the People John McBride: Wake Up in the Rocky Mountain West 49 -- Bruce Gordon: Conservation Takes Off 55 -- Charris Ford: Running on French Fries 59 -- Jon Marvel: Ranching Is an Irrational Idea 63 -- John Fielder: Using Photographs as a Catalyst 69 -- Fighting for the Wild Lands Dave Foreman: Putting Wild Back into Wilderness 75 -- Gloria Flora: Reconnecting People to Their Landscapes 79 -- Connie Harvey, Joy Caudill, and Dottie Fox: Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes 83 -- Katie Lee: Not Going to Stop Screaming 89 -- Rich Ingebretsen: Restoring What God Created and Man Destroyed 93 -- Jennifer Speers: Saving the Land Piece by Piece 97 -- Johanna Wald: In Defense of National Treasures 101 -- Advocating for Wild Creatures Doug Peacock: To a Grizzly Bear, We're Just Another Flavor of Meat 109 -- Chris Servheen: The Most Important Habitat for Grizzly Bears Is the Human Heart 113 -- Stephen Gordon, Jon Robinett, and Hank Fischer: The Very Complicated World of Wolves 117 -- Reaching and Inspiring Others Michael Johnston: We Need a Mike Johnston in Every School 129 -- Ted Major: The Real Thing 135 -- Gudy Gaskill: Mother of the Colorado Trail 139 -- Preserving the Cultures of the West James and Mae Peshlakai: Our Traditions Are Going to Be Gone Soon 145 -- Roxanne Swentzell: We Are All Born of the Earth 151 -- Donald Warne: Health Is a Balance between Spiritual, Mental, Physical, and Emotional 155.

Gary Nabhan: Know Where Your Food Comes From 159 -- Sylvia Martinez: People Believe the Lies 165 -- Luis Polar: Bridging the Gap 171 -- Creative Ways of Working the Land Lani Malmberg: Goats Are as Effective as Poisonous Chemicals 179 -- Courtney White: We're All New to the West 183 -- Sid Goodloe: You Don't Find Morals in Cities 187 -- Warner Glenn: Not Going to Lose the Cowboy Way of Life 191 -- Wendy Glenn: Keeping Ranchers on the Land 195 -- New Types of EconomiesYvon Chouinard: I Run My Business as a Way to Change the World 201 -- Peter Metcalf: Outdoor Adventure with a Conscience 205 -- Doc and Connie Hatfield: Stetsons and Boots Are Important 209 -- The West as Saudi Arabia Jill Morrison: The Lies Make Me Sick in My Heart 217 -- Tweeti Blancett: Rosa Parks Is My Hero 223 -- Steve Henke: We're All Creating the Demand 227 -- Energy Outlook Randy Udall: Obsessed with Energy 235 -- Auden Schendler: We're Going to HaveBigger Problems Than Skiing 241 -- Mark Sardella: I Can't Fix This Problem for the Whole World 245 -- Amory Lovins: The Key to a Cheap House Is Expensive Windows 249 -- Visions of the Future Daniel Kemmis: Revitalizing Democracy 259 -- Dick Lamm: It's Time to Talk about Immigration 263 -- Patricia Mulroy: Never Get between a Senior Citizenand His Weekly Car Wash 267 -- Epilogue 275 -- Acknowledgments 276 -- Bibliography 278.