Roadless Yaak Reflections and Observations About One of Our Last Great Wild Places

"[A] poignant collection. . . . the most important message you will find along this journey of essays is the importance of protecting such precious land for future generations." "--Outside Bozeman" This landmark collection about a pristine American valley known as "the Yaak" features memorable essays from some of the most distinguished writers of the "New West." The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is where the wilderness and isolation of a million acres overwhelms the imagination, and these essays capture the exhilaration and trepidation that visitors (and residents) encounter in this astonishing place. The million-acre Yaak Valley is home to only a small human population, but untold numbers of elk, deer, grizzly bears, cougars, and other critters, big and small, roam freely here, in large part because 175,000 acres remain roadless. In The Roadless Yaak," Rick Bass and his fellow writers" make a compelling argument for why the Yaak must remain wild. With Essays By: - Sandra Alcosser - Rick Bass - Bob Butz - Douglas H. Chadwick - Scott Daily - Alison Hawthorne Deming - David James Duncan - Amy Edmonds - Jeff Ferderer - Jim Fergus - Tom Franklin - Debra Gwartney - Sue Halpern - William Kittredge - Carolyn Kremers - Laurie John Lane-Zucker - Tim Linehan - Bob Love - Bill McKibben - Gregory McNamee - Ellen Meloy - Roy Parvin - Doug Peacock - Robert Michael Pyle - Janisse Ray - Pattiann Rogers - Lynn Sainsbury - Laura Sedler - Bob Shacochis - Annick Smith - Todd Tanner - Steve Thompson - John Wickersham - Terry Tempest Williams - Chris WoodBass, Rick is the author of 'Roadless Yaak Reflections and Observations About One of Our Last Great Wild Places', published 2007 under ISBN 9781599212296 and ISBN 1599212293.