[Srm] Free documentary tonight! "Losing The West" @ 6:00pm in BSE100

[Emily E Pecilunas]

Losing the West is a documentary on small ranching and farming, exemplified
by the story of a lifelong Colorado cowboy. Howard Linscott IS the original
Marlboro Man, a gruff, chain-smoking 70-year-old who’s been ranching all
his life. With sweeping shots of the Colorado Rockies, the film explores
whether cherished Western traditions and this fiercely independent
lifestyle can survive as they collide with inevitable population growth in
the West and its dwindling natural resources.

Interviews include Dr. Patricia Limerick of the Center of the American
West, Senator Michael Bennett (D-Colorado), Andy Lipkis, founder and
president of TreePeople, one of California’s preeminent environmental non
profit organizations , members of the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts and
the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, as well as the family,
friends and co-workers of Howard Linscott.

With farm and ranch land dwindling due to population growth and
development, many have made the hard choice to sell their land. Their
children are leaving the business as well, unable to afford the steep costs
of equipment, raising crops and livestock, or simply to choose careers that
offer more financial reward. As the U.S. population expands, who will raise
our crops and livestock? How can we preserve the precious resources that we
need to sustain life? What will happen if we loose our fertile land and how
can we stop this before it’s too late?

Filmmaker Alex Warren was born in Denver and owns a small ranch outside of
Ridgway.

The movie is approx. 90 minutes, followed by a Q&A session with the
director who is seeking student opinions!

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Emily Pecilunas
Tierra Seca/UA Student Chapter President
Society for Range Management

School of Natural Resources and the Environment
University of Arizona, 2015
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