Name/Title
For the Good of the OrderEntry/Object ID
2020-009-0001Description
"For the good of the order is a story of the social, political, and economic forces at play in the struggle over land use in western Washington State, as told from the perspective of the owners of a dairy farm on the Nisqually River delta in southern Puget Sound. Three generations of the Braget family farmed in the Nisqually property with a love and affinity for the land that reflected the agricultural background of their Norwegian ancestors and their blood, sweat, and tears they spilled there for almost 100 years. Central to the book are the issues of land stewardship and the relationship of private ownership to the public trust. Perched on the edge of the Nisqually River estuary, the Braget dairy farm was the target of myriad proposals to develop or manage the delta by private entrepreneurs, ports, local, state, and federal governments (including the U.S. army) and, starting in the 1960's, the environmental and conservationist movements. Year after year, and at great personal cost, the family defended their own understanding of the highest and best use of the land, resisting all efforts by predatory agencies, anonymous institutions, and even their neighbors and natural catastrophes to deprive them of it. Finally, orphaned, elderly, and childless, Kenny Braget struggled to pass on the farm in a way that would protect his family's legacy. In 2002, he found a willing buyer that shared his values and love of the land, the Nisqually Indian Tribe. He knew that to improve the return of fish to the estuary the tribe would remove the dikes that his family had maintained on the tidal flats for a century, but he also knew he would be able to continue to live on the farm and hunt ducks there for the rest of his life. And he would say, "If we can't grow cows on the land, let's grow salmon!" -- From back cover.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureLocation
Title pageDimensions
Height
10 inWidth
8 inDepth
7/8 inBook Details
Author
Timothy W. RansonPrinter
Gorham PrintingPlace Printed
City
CentraliaCounty
LewisState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Printed
2020Publication Language
EnglishPublication Subjects
Farms -- Washington (State) -- Nisqually River Delta -- History. Land use -- Washington (State) -- Nisqually River Delta -- History. Nisqually River Delta (Wash.) -- History.ISBN
978-1-7357885-0-0LCCN
2020918074Copyright
Type of License
NoneCopyright Holder
Timothy W. RansonCopyright Date
2020Copyright Details
All rights reserved.