Los Angeles-based furniture maker Josh Jackson had never heard of the Bureau of Land Management and wasn’t all that clear on “public lands”—he just wanted a last-minute place to camp. Then a friend mentioned “BLM lands” and he fell down a rabbit hole from which he has yet to emerge. He discovered the BLM got stewardship of hundreds of millions of acres because no other agency wanted them. They were perceived as useless, lacking resources, and ugly. Jackson finds out these lands are, in fact, magical, but sorely in need of protection and more people to love them. The Enduring Wild chronicles his journey into these spaces, a journey that slows him down, helps him see, and converts him into a passionate lands advocate.
The Enduring Wild: A Journey into California’s Public Lands