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Chapter 1 of the book "Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West," by Michael J. Dax is presented. Topics discussed include the grizzly bear hunter William Wright, whose fascination on grizzlies made him exchanged his gun for a camera, the endangering population of grizzlies due to hunters, farming, and mining, and the efforts to protect grizzlies such as the passage of the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 1973.

Chapter 2 of the book "Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West," by Michael J. Dax is presented. Topics discussed include the declining economy of Catron County, New Mexico in 1990s due to overuse of natural resources, the conflict between the federal land law by the U.S. Forest Service to and the Catron County to protect Native American heritage sites, and the environmental movement, which led to the passage of the U.S. Endangered Species Act.