The Last Refuge

"The Last Refuge is an ecological history of the northern plains of Canada and the nearby USA during a crucial century and a half (1750 - 1885). Its emphasis is on landscape change and the lasting often destructive effects on wildlife and aboriginal populations of the the white man's economy : the fur trade, the mining, ranching and farming frontiers, and the railroad.

The accelerating pace of change since white man's arrival is stressed, as are present threats to the natural character of the remaining refuge the Cypress Hills of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and northern Montana. " From the rear of the dust jacket.