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# An Open Pit Visible from the Moon
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/an-open-pit-visible-from-the-moon/
- Published: 2020-04-16T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-26T15:38:54.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: books, 2020, history, environmental history, Glacier Peak Wilderness Area, wilderness act, wilderness, Kennecott Copper Corporation, conservation, environmentalism, pacific northwest history, Miners Ridge, publication, book, award-winning

*An Open Pit Visible from the Moon: The Wilderness Act and the Fight to Protect Miners Ridge and the Public Interest*. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2020.

[Publisher's Site](https://www.oupress.com/9780806165011/an-open-pit-visible-from-the-moon/?ref=adamsowards.net)

> Winner of the 2021 [Hal K. Rothman Prize](https://www.westernhistory.org/awards/rothman?ref=adamsowards.net) from the [Western History Association](https://www.westernhistory.org/?ref=adamsowards.net) for the best western environmental history book.