Bump.
O....kay! I have just made the rounds between this thread and 'Rural America Faces Inevitable Death'. This after three days of researching what I feel is an imminent assault on property rights in Virginia via 'rivers', pumping out hundreds of pages of evidence that need to be organized, and now I'm just a little overwhelmed! Carry Okie's book looks like a breath of fresh air. I could use one.
This thread should be linked with Greens Cut Turner a Break. Read my reply #12 'Where the Deer and the Zillionaires Play', about Turner and his ilk, who ..."often buy a ranch and let the owner run it, turning the former rancher, his former cowboys, and his former cows into living lawn ornaments." It breaks your heart.