Jack Loeffler

Thinking Like a Watershed: Voices from the West Jack Loeffler

Jacket Description/Flap: Thinking Like a Watershed points our understanding of our relationship to the land in new directions. It is shaped by the bioregional visions of the great explorer John Wesley Powell, who articulated the notion that the arid American West should be seen as a mosaic of watersheds, and the pioneering ecologist Aldo Leopold, who put forward the concept of bringing conscience to bear within the realm of "the land ethic."Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; Produced in conjunction with the documentary radio series entitled Watersheds as Commons, this book comprises essays and interviews from a diverse group of southwesterners including members of Tewa, Tohono O'odham, Hopi, Navajo, Hispano, and Anglo cultures. Their varied cultural perspectives are shaped by consciousness and resilience through having successfully endured the aridity and harshness of southwestern environments--Provided by publisher. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Thinking Like a Watershed: Introduction / Jack Loeffler -- Pueblo Watersheds: Places, Cycles, and Life / Rina Smentzell -- Connected By Earth: Metaphors from Hopi Tutskwa / Lyle Balenquab -- Don't You Let that Deal go Down: Navajo Water Rights and the Black Mesa Struggle / Sonia Dickey -- Politics of the Colorado River with Stewart Udall / Jack Loeffler -- Applying Navajo Tradition to the Modern World / Roy Kady -- Tohono O'odham Culture: Embracing Traditional Wisdom / Camillus Lopez -- La Cuenca Y La Querencia: The Watershed and the Sense of Place in the Merced and Acequia Landscape / Juan Estevan Arellano -- Ranching and the Practice of Watershed Conservation / Sid goodloe -- Roots of Hunger: The Quest for a Sustainable Food Culture / Celestia Loeffler -- Restorying the Land / Gary Paul Nabban -- Navigating the Rapids of the Future / William de Buys -- Conclusion / Jack Loeffler. Publisher Marketing: Thinking Like a Watershed points our understanding of our relationship to the land in new directions. It is shaped by the bioregional visions of the great explorer John Wesley Powell, who articulated the notion that the arid American West should be seen as a mosaic of watersheds, and the pioneering ecologist Aldo Leopold, who put forward the concept of bringing conscience to bear within the realm of "the land ethic."Produced in conjunction with the documentary radio series entitled Watersheds as Commons, this book comprises essays and interviews from a diverse group of southwesterners including members of Tewa, Tohono O'odham, Hopi, Navajo, Hispano, and Anglo cultures. Their varied cultural perspectives are shaped by consciousness and resilience through having successfully endured the aridity and harshness of southwestern environments over time.

Contributor Bio:  Loeffler, Jack Jack Loeffler is an aural historian, radio producer, writer, and musician. He lives in Santa Fe. Contributor Bio:  Loeffler, Celestia Celestia Loeffler, Jack's daughter, is a writer and producer in Durango, Colorado. Both are board members of Lore of the Land, a nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing and preserving the traditional communities of the American Southwest.