Saving the Big Sky: A Chronicle of Land Conservation in Montana

Date: Wednesday, September 24
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Location: Montana Natural History Center
Cost: Free, and open to the public

Join authors Bruce A. Bugbee, Robert J. Kiesling, and John B. Wright for a presentation of their book Saving the Big Sky: A Chronicle of Land Conservation in Montana. In documenting conservation accomplishments and suggesting what more can be done, Saving the Big Skyinvites readers to participate in conserving Montana—or whatever cherished landscape they call home.

During this lecture, we’ll learn more about the compelling study of how six million acres of biodiverse land were conserved in Montana over the past fifty years. Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge about land stewardship has evolved and since the 1970s tribes, nonprofit organizations, land trusts, and government agencies have conserved land in many creative ways.

Light refreshments and book signings, too. Offered in partnership with Fact and Fiction.

About the authors:
Bruce A. Bugbee is a land conservation consultant and founder of American Public Land Exchange.

Robert J. Kiesling is a real estate broker, conservation consultant, and former executive director of the Montana Environmental Information Center and the Big Sky (Montana/Wyoming) office of The Nature Conservancy.

John B. Wright has completed over one hundred conservation easements in Montana and the Rocky Mountain West and is professor emeritus of geography and environmental studies at New Mexico State University.