rangelands

In the lawless frontier town of Century, Oregon, Esther Chamber is met by her distant cousin, a laconic cattle rancher named Ferris Pickett. But this town on the edge of civilization is in the midst of a very real range in a story of dispossession, greed, and ecstatic visions of America.

Describes efforts on three Montana ranches to preserve the environment while also raising cattle by rotating the herds among various grazing pastures.