<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><span style="line-height:15.3599996566772px"><span>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 sho</span></span><span style="line-height:15.3599996566772px"><span><span>ts 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.</span><br><br><span>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.</span><br><br><span>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?</span><br><br><span>Filmmaker Alex Warren was born in Denver and owns a small ranch outside of Ridgway.</span></span></span></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><span style="line-height:15.3599996566772px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="line-height:15.3599996566772px"><font color="#0000ff" size="4">The movie is approx. 90 minutes, followed by a Q&A session with the director who is seeking student opinions!</font><br clear="all"></span></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><br></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">-- <br></font><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">Emily Pecilunas</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">Tierra Seca/UA Student Chapter President</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">Society for Range Management </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">School of Natural Resources and the Environment </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">University of Arizona, 2015</font></div></div></div>
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