The shore and uplands of a (deliberately unnamed) lake in the northern Rockies where land speculation and development pressure are rapidly bearing down with little thought given to ecological consequences. Nellis says what's needed is a new land ethos for the 21st-century that shatters old myths. Part of it includes incentivizing more responsible stewardship that can also, in the long run, change narrow attitudes deeply embedded in culture. Photo by Lee Nellis
The shore and uplands of a (deliberately unnamed) lake in the northern Rockies where land speculation and development pressure are rapidly bearing down with little thought given to ecological consequences. Nellis says what's needed is a new land ethos for the 21st-century that shatters old myths. Part of it includes incentivizing more responsible stewardship that can also, in the long run, change narrow attitudes deeply embedded in culture. Photo by Lee Nellis