The Enduring Wild : A Journey into California's Public Lands

A galvanizing road trip across California's immense public wilderness from a beloved adventurer. "The Enduring Wild is a call to look beyond the surface, embrace the deep connections that tie us to our public lands, and commit to safeguarding them for future generations." -QT Luong, author of Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National ParksIt all began with a camping trip.Outdoor enthusiast Josh Jackson had never heard of "BLM land" before a casual recommendation from a friend led him to a free campsite in the desert-and the revelation that over 15 million acres of land in California are owned collectively by the people.In The Enduring Wild, he takes us on a road trip spanning thousands of miles, crisscrossing the Golden State to seek out every parcel of public wilderness therein belonging to the federal Bureau of Land Management, from the Pacific shores of the King Range down to the Mojave Desert.Over mountains, across prairies, and through sagebrush, Jackson u