Mariner

Bass's manifesto for the Yaak Valley — the last wild valley in Montana, under constant threat from logging. Part nature writing, part plea, part rage. Bass has been fighting for this place for thirty years.

Bass searching for evidence that grizzly bears still survive in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Part natural history, part quest narrative, part argument that wildness persists in places we've given up on.

Bass's journal of a Montana winter — wood-cutting, snowshoeing, and the particular silence of the Yaak Valley under snow. A small book about a cold season in a wild place.