In The Land: Our Gift and Wild Hope, Rae Marie offers a timely look at the threats posed, in particular, on the region’s wildlife and people, their homes and cultures. While telling her own story of loss in the Rocky Mountain/Rio Grande corridor, the writer also reveals a vigorous hope found among the many Westerners collaborating in sustainable approaches. In celebration of the earth’s gradual renewal, she brings to light the use of local traditions, innovative ranching and restoration practices, and scientific insights affirming the importance of earth-based values. Eyewitness accounts, interviews, lively anecdotes, and an occasional poem inspire within the reader a deepening affection for the earth. Finalist for the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards

When Rae says, “a sight for sore souls” she means it. She writes with a gentle voice, not harshened by harshness, seeking what is true, permanent and beautiful. hiking in nature, the simple in and out of a breath.  How does she have the courage and strength to look directly at ugliness and keep the faith that beauty will out in the end?  It helps us to look with her.   V. C. a reader in Texas