I. The nascent West : toward a Western ethic. A democracy to match its landscape / Daniel Kemmis

An ethic of place / Thomas J. Lyon

In search of a western ethic : lessons from public land and natural resource policy / Robert B. Keiter. II. A compelling unity : integrating people and ecosystems. Two rivers : the view from a federal land manager / Martha Hahn

The truth of the land / Teresa Jordan

Ecosystem management, Wallace Stegner, and the Yaak valley of northwestern Montana / Rick Bass. III. To cherish and renew : restoration as the new order. Making the West whole again : a historical view of restoration / Dan Flores

Restoration as the order of the 21st century : an ecologist's perspective / Duncan T. Patten

Private property interests, wildlife restoration, and competing visions of a western Eden / Holly Doremus. IV. The edge of vision : sustainability, wilderness, and the Colorado Plateau. Filling up the eye and overflowing the soul : sustainability, wilderness, remoteness and the Colorado Plateau / Charles Wilkinson

Reconciling environmental preservation and economic sustainability on Utah's Colorado plateau : the state's perspective / Brad T. Barber and Aaron P. Clark. V.A touch of wonder : conserving wolves and grizzlies in the Northern Rockies. Restoring wolves to the West / Edward E. Bangs

Moving past the polarization : wolves, grizzly bears, and endangered species recovery / Hank Fischer

Wolves, bears, and the spirit of the wild : asking the right questions / Doug Honnold. VI. Its rivers flow together : time, people, and the Great Basin. Letting go of the rim / Stephen Trimble

The grand experiment : raising livestock in the Great Basin / James A. Young and Fay Allen. VII. The native home of hope : stepping back to the future. Inside the earth / William Kittredge

To be taken / Terry Tempest Williams.