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Rick & Heather Knight

Rick & Heather Knight updated

Profiles written by Courtney White, originally published in Headwaters News.
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A Colorado couple shows conservation grows among neighbors, and recreation is not the saving grace everyone seems to think.

Excerpt:
"One glance at the busy bookshelves and coffee tables in Rick and Heather Knight's home tells the visitor that they are up to something big.

"The books and the stacks of articles range from scholarly histories and professional papers on conservation biology to environmental journalism and humorous cowboy stories, but the theme is the same: the American West, big.

"In fact, the scale of the Knights' professional and personal focus is neatly summarized in the title of one of Rick Knight's own books: "Stewardship Across Boundaries."

"And as the title suggests, much of this focus could be called unorthodox...."