“...the Northern Rockies region is a rapidly changing part of the United States. Ironically, in many areas today's number-one threat is not clear-cutting, overgrazing, or destructive mining practices. It is something more insidious. Well-meaning people, many of them former visitors who were seduced into moving to the glorious region, are loving it to death.” EnvironmentTourismSuburbanizationResource Extraction Book:Journey to the Northern Rockies Source: Journey to the Northern Rockies
“I have a problem with state lines, anyway. They interrupt things. They fragment ecosystems, which are nature's most gracious and logical land divisions.” StatesNatureBordersEcosystemsPolitical DivisionsNatural Divisions Book:Journey to the Northern Rockies Source: Journey to the Northern Rockies