Michael J. Dax writes about the intersection of environment and culture in the American West from his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author of Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the American West.
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Rural America
The Decline of Custom Harvests and the Struggle of Rural America
Michael J. Dax