Our connection to the land is both deeply personal, and a reflection of our community and cultural values. Please join us for an evening on the land as Justin Angle, host of the A New Angle podcast, leads a live recording featuring three local conservation authors, Donna Erickson, Bruce Bugbee, and Greg Tollefson, as they discuss our connection to place and each other.
The free event will feature a light meal, drinks, and the unique chance to be a part of a live outdoor podcast recording from the Line Ranch. You won't want to miss it! The evening's schedule includes:
· 6:00pm: Dinner and drinks
· 7:00pm: Live podcast recording
· 8:00pm: Q&A and book signing (books will be available for sale through Shakespeare & Co.)
Thank you to the Line family for allow us to hold this event on their scneic working cattle ranch (protected with a Five Valleys conservation easement) on the slopes of Mount Dean Stone above Missoula.
Donna Erickson, Rooted at the Edge: Ranching Where the Old West and New West Collide
Donna L. Erickson grew up on a working ranch in the North Hills of Missoula. Regions like the North Hills represent the critical—and often highly personal—issues at play at the edge of many western towns. Rooted at the Edge paints a portrait of a ranching community in a threatened landscape steeped in history, conflict, and beauty. Across the hilly skirt of ground that seperates Missoula from the wilderness beyond, Erickson explores the tension between love and loss as the ranch weathers its potential disappearance under an expanding city.
Greg Tollefson, A Gracious Civic Enterprise: The History of FIve Valleys Land Trust and the Community That Made It Possible.
Earlier this year, Five Valleys released its first book, A Gracious Civic Enterprise. Co-authored by Greg Tollefson, who led the protection of Mount Jumbo as Five Valleys’ Executive Director in the mid 1990’s, and Lena Viall, current Conservation and Communications Manager, the book tells the story of western Montana’s settlement, how that growth spurred a grassroots effort to conserve and restore the landscape of the Five Great Valleys, and how that work and passion continues today.
Bruce Bugbee, Saving the Big Sky: A Chronicle of Land Conservation in Montana
Saving the Big Sky is inspirational and aspirational, an uplifting invitation for readers to lend a hand in conserving Montana or wherever they call home. Written by Bruce A. Bugbee, Robert J. Kiesling, and John B. Wright, and featuring full color photographs by Kevin League, Saving the Big Sky the a beautifully illustrated story about how 6 million acres of biodiverse land were conserved in Montana over the past 50 years, and dives into how voluntary tools like conservation easements became widely accepted by landowners across the state, and how land trusts, NGOs, government agencies, and corporations all played roles in protecting key lands.
Justin Angle, A New Angle podcast
Justin Angle is Professor of Marketing and the Poe Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the University of Montana's College of Business. "A New Angle" is an educational, business, and popular culture podcast that celebrates cool people doing awesome things in and around Montana. The show's weekly releases feature interviews with entrepreneurs, politicians, journalists, writers, athletes, nonprofit execs, scientists, and more on topics relevant to Montanans and beyond.
