LEADER 05030nam 2200517 450 001 9910796063803321 005 20230203115630.0 010 $a1-4529-6741-5 010 $a1-4529-6740-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30234969 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30234969 035 $a(CKB)25332931000041 035 $a(OCoLC)1329430493 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_109175 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925332931000041 100 $a20230203d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThis contested land $ethe storied past and uncertain future of America's national monuments /$fMcKenzie Long 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aMinneapolis, Minnesota :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (391 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Long, McKenzie This Contested Land Lincoln : University of Minnesota Press,c2022 9781517909826 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: A closer look -- National monuments visited in this book -- The heart of Bears Ears : Bears Ears National Monument, Utah -- The conflict of dreams : Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine -- The meaning of monuments : Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, California -- Seeing : Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Oregon and California -- Digging : Castle Mountains National Monument, California -- Shifting : Sand to Snow National Monument, California -- Expanding : Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Hawaii -- Layering : Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah -- On sharing : Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico -- On reactions : Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington -- On walls : Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico -- On patterns : Basin and Range National Monument, Nevada -- On possession : Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada -- Epilogue: Looking forward. 330 $a"One woman's enlightening trek through the natural histories, cultural stories, and present perils of thirteen national monuments, from Maine to Hawaii This land is your land. When it comes to national monuments, the sentiment could hardly be more fraught. Gold Butte in Nevada, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks in New Mexico, Katahdin Woods and Waters in Maine, Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon and California: these are among the thirteen natural sites McKenzie Long visits in This Contested Land, an eye-opening exploration of the stories these national monuments tell, the passions they stir, and the controversies surrounding them today.Starting amid the fragrant sagebrush and red dirt of Bears Ears National Monument on the eve of the Trump Administration's decision to reduce the site by 85 percent, Long climbs sandstone cliffs, is awed by Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings and is intrigued by 4,000-year-old petroglyphs. She hikes through remote pink canyons recently removed from the boundary of Grand Staircase-Escalante, skis to a backcountry hut in Maine to view a truly dark night sky, snorkels in warm Hawaiian waters to plumb the meaning of marine preserves, volunteers near the most contaminated nuclear site in the United States, and witnesses firsthand the diverse forms of devotion evoked by the Rio Grande. In essays both contemplative and resonant, This Contested Land confronts an unjust past and imagines a collaborative future that bears witness to these regions' enduring Indigenous connections. From hazardous climate change realities to volatile tensions between economic development and environmental conservation, practical and philosophical issues arise as Long seeks the complicated and often overlooked-or suppressed-stories of these incomparable places. Her journey, mindfully undertaken and movingly described, emphasizes in clear and urgent terms the unique significance of, and grave threats to, these contested lands"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"McKenzie Long visits thirteen national monuments, from Golde Butte in Nevada to Katahdin Woods and Waters in Maine, and writes an eye-opening exploration of the stories these natural sites tell, the passions they stir, and the controversies surrounding them today. In essays both contemplative and resonant, This Contested Land confronts an unjust past and imagines a collaborative future that bears witness to these regions' enduring Indigenous connections"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aNature conservation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aNational monuments 607 $aUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aNature conservation$xHistory. 615 0$aNational monuments. 676 $a973 686 $aNAT011000$aPOL044000$2bisacsh 700 $aLong$b McKenzie$01462700 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796063803321 996 $aThis contested land$93671783 997 $aUNINA