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That Wild Country An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands

Mark Kenyon

From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes―America’s public lands. Every American is a public-land owner, inheritor to the largest public-land trust in the world. These vast expanses provide...

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The MeatEater Podcast

It was described as an epic journey through the past, present, and future of America's public lands. The author discussed the history of public lands and the controversies surrounding them, expressing his love for these spaces and advocating for their preservation.

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Well, I would try something like this. I would say, um, everyone knows the joy of receiving a great gift. Well, there's no greater gift than America's public lands. This is very true.

— Episode: Ep. 200: ‘Faced on ‘Nog: The Holiday Spe...

Episode: Ep. 200: ‘Faced on ‘Nog: The Holiday Special

It was described as an epic journey through the past, present, and future of America's public lands. The author discussed the history of public lands and the controversies surrounding them, expressing his love for these spaces and advocating for their preservation.

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Well, I would try something like this. I would say, um, everyone knows the joy of receiving a great gift. Well, there's no greater gift than America's public lands. This is very true.

The cliff notes on the book was that I love public lands, but didn't understand how we got these places

So I started diving into that myself, trying to understand that story, that history and what was going on presently.

So yeah. Ranging from Montana, pack rafting and fly fishing in the Bob Marshall wilderness up to the UP of Michigan, backpacking and picture rocks down into Arizona and Utah, North, South, East, West, a little bit of everything.

Well, it's typically going to be someone who is more so anti-federal government in a lot of ways, believing that there's an overreach of regulation, taking away freedoms or something like that.

Episode: Ep. 184: Managing Bambi

Mark Kenyon's book, published December 1st, examines the history of American public lands and their current state of contention, using his own hunting and fishing trips across the country as a narrative framework. It was described as having a good title.

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Got a book coming out December 1st. It's called that wild country and epic journey through the past, present and future of America's public lands.

It's pretty good. Of any book in the world.

That wild country is a close second.

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