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Conserving America's Wild Lands - The Vision of Ted Turner (Hardcover)
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Conserving America's Wild Lands - The Vision of Ted Turner (Hardcover)
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Ted Turner was for many years the largest private property owner in
America, and known most notably for his establishment of bison
herds on several large ranches in five western states. His holdings
in the United States and the Patagonia region of Argentina
represent refuges of biodiversity. This is a never-before-seen
glimpse into Ted Turner s two million acres, a volume of land equal
to the size of Yellowstone National Park. The Turner family land
holdings are spread across nearly two dozen properties, some that
climb to snow-covered mountains in the Northern Rockies, others
where wild desert sheep dwell and dodge stalking cougars, and still
others lapped by ocean tides and offering nesting places for
imperilled sea turtles crawling ashore after surviving incredible
journeys. In between that dramatic topographical range are expanses
of American prairie and glacial valleys where Turner has undertaken
his unprecedented mission to reconnect iconic native bison with the
landscapes where they once flourished. With his own private bison
herd numbering around 50,000, the largest in the world, Turner has
demonstrated that what is ecologically good for bison enhances the
health of soil, grasses, and habitat sustaining hundreds of other
native species. Rhett Turner explores his father s devotion to
leaving nature in better shape than he found it by taking readers
to the diverse world of Turner properties. By doing so, he
illustrates how monumental conservation can be brought to scale on
private land in ways that also deliver dividends for public land,
as well as wildlife recovery tying future generations to the
promise of America s greatest legacy our wild lands. With a
foreword by Jimmy Carter, this book is an inspiring call to action
to reflect on how we all can strive to leave our land a little
better a little wilder than how we found it.
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