Dr. Hannah Jaicks is an environmental psychologist who works across the Northern Rockies to help rural communities and native wildlife populations be more resilient under contemporary conditions of environmental and socioeconomic stress.

“Dr. Jaicks is at her strongest when weaving dialogue from her extensive collection of interviews in Montana’s ranching community together with surveys of ecology, food systems and climate change literatures. Her approach offers a compelling glimpse into the lives, concerns and values of ranchers—a population that many, especially outside of the Rocky Mountain West—may have very limited access to. And just as importantly, her analysis gives readers a clear picture of how those lives, concerns and values can help chart a path toward human-wildlife coexistence.”—Joshua Morse, Gund Graduate Fellow, Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, USA.

• List of Illustrations; Foreword by Dr. Susan G. Clark; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One Boundaries; Chapter Two Understories: The Centennial Valley; Chapter Three Fear and Loathing: The Big Hole Valley; Chapter Four The Problem with Nature: The Ruby Valley; Chapter Five Beasts of Burden: The Gallatin Valley; Chapter Six A Climate Case for Cattle: The Tom Miner Basin; Chapter Seven This Is Going To Be a Huge Challenge: The Blackfoot Valley; Notes; Index.

Dr. Hannah Jaicks is an environmental psychologist who works across the Northern Rockies to help rural communities and native wildlife populations be more resilient under contemporary conditions of environmental and socioeconomic stress.

“Dr. Jaicks is at her strongest when weaving dialogue from her extensive collection of interviews in Montana’s ranching community together with surveys of ecology, food systems and climate change literatures. Her approach offers a compelling glimpse into the lives, concerns and values of ranchers—a population that many, especially outside of the Rocky Mountain West—may have very limited access to. And just as importantly, her analysis gives readers a clear picture of how those lives, concerns and values can help chart a path toward human-wildlife coexistence.”—Joshua Morse, Gund Graduate Fellow, Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, USA.

• List of Illustrations; Foreword by Dr. Susan G. Clark; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One Boundaries; Chapter Two Understories: The Centennial Valley; Chapter Three Fear and Loathing: The Big Hole Valley; Chapter Four The Problem with Nature: The Ruby Valley; Chapter Five Beasts of Burden: The Gallatin Valley; Chapter Six A Climate Case for Cattle: The Tom Miner Basin; Chapter Seven This Is Going To Be a Huge Challenge: The Blackfoot Valley; Notes; Index.