Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland

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Now a feature-length documentary on the Discovery channel narrated by Tom Brokaw.

?Lush, gorgeously written?A profoundly hopeful book.? ?Tina Rosenberg, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

A Kirkus Best Book of 2016
Many of the men and women doing today?s most consequential environmental work?restoring America?s grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans?would not call themselves environmentalists; they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land: the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth, to ensure that their families and communities will continue to thrive.

Unfolding as a journey down the Mississippi River, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the stories of five representatives of this stewardship movement: a Montana rancher, a Kansas farmer, a Mississippi riverman, a Louisiana shrimper, and a Gulf fisherman. In exploring their work and family histories and the essential geographies they protect, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman challenges pervasive and powerful myths about American and environmental values.