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Review: The Next West: Public Lands, Community, and Economy in the American West Editors: John A. Baden and Donald Snow Reviewed by Kenneth L. Carriveau, Jr. Baylor University Baden, John A. and Snow, Donald, eds. The Next West: Public Lands, Community, and Economy in the American West. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1997. 272 p. US $22.95 paper ISBN: 1-55963- 460-X. Recycled, acid-free paper. Intriguing, confusing, exciting, frustrating, Jeffersonian, libertarian, controversial. These terms come to mind as the most appropriate for describing the feel to the discussions and opinions in the essays presented in The Next West. Baden and Snow have compiled, under the auspices of the Gallatin Institute, a collection of eleven essays from a variety of outspoken environmentalists and economists discussing the evolution of the 'Next West' and exploring what may need to be done to find and maintain the delicate balance between the natural environment and the human community sharing the same space. Though there is no pre-stated central theme or common literary style, each, in its own way, is an evocative call to the citizenry of the American West to rethink and reevaluate its stance on environmental sustainability and the solutions used to achieve these goals. The first five essays, grouped together under the section heading On the Ground , focus their attention on the errors of our ways or, rather, how the idealistic plans and best intentions of the past 25 years have evolved to the point of counterproductivity. Most notably, the authors criticize the Federal and state political machinery for corrupting environmental efforts and disenfranchising the communities these agencies were created to protect. They argue the bureaucratic machinations of these agencies are geared more towards budgetary self- realization than ecological reform and restoration. Worse, the grand experiments of the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Reclamation, Forestry Service, et al have grown to the point where the local citizens feel they have no incentive to make a difference since it could mean the loss of jobs and community profits associated with agency operations. In addition, these citizens feel they no longer have to be responsible for the stewardship of the natural resources since the