David Benac is Chair of the Department of History and associate professor at Western Michigan University. He is the author of Conflict in the Ozarks: Hill Folk, Industrialists, and Government in the Courtois Hills. His new book Rainforest Radicals: A … Continue reading From the Desk of David Benac: What the Rainforest Action Network’s First Two Decades Teach Us Today
Michael W. Childers is an associate professor of history at Colorado State University. He is the author of Colorado Powder Keg: Ski Resorts and the Environmental Movement, winner of the International Ski History Association 2013 Ullr Award. His new book … Continue reading From the Desk of Michael W. Childers: The History of Overcrowding at Yosemite
“On the plains it is often said that bison is such an important resource that all life is organized around this species and its by-products” (Bamforth 1988; Wedel 1986). —Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North America On May 8, … Continue reading No Longer Grazing: The Removal of Bison from Montana
Paul Schullery is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than fifty books on history, nature, and outdoor sport, including The Bear Doesn’t Know: Life and Wonder in Bear Country (Bison Books, 2021) and Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness. … Continue reading From the Desk of Paul Schullery: Theodore Roosevelt’s literary trail through the wild country
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Cast out of Eden: The Untold Story of John Muir, Indigenous Peoples, and the American … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Cast Out of Eden
Greg Gordon is a professor of environmental studies at Gonzaga University. He is the author of When Money Grew on Trees: A. B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron and The Landscape of Desire: Identity and Nature in Utah’s Canyon Country. His … Continue reading Excerpt: Rewilding the Urban Frontier
Happy Earth Day! Over the last 54 years, Earth Day has evolved into the largest civic event on Earth. This year’s theme is “Planet vs. Plastics” to call for a 60% global reduction in plastic production by 2040. Earthday.org calls … Continue reading Earth Day Reading List: Upcoming in Environmental Studies
What can we learn from the stories of bison and the Pawnee seed keepers? How can conservation be practiced today? Nebraska Public Media has put together a book club kit inspired by Ken Burns’s The American Buffalo (premiers today), which explores … Continue reading Nebraska Public Media Book Club Kit
Dennis Drabelle is a writer and former attorney. During the 1970s he was an attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of the Interior and counsel to the assistant secretary of the interior for fish and wildlife and parks. Drabelle was a contributing … Continue reading From the Desk of Dennis Drabelle: The Origin of National Parks
Paul A. Johnsgard, an internationally respected naturalist, passed away on May 28, 2021 at the age of 89. Johnsgard was a professor emeritus of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Alongside his teaching, his writing and photography also helped … Continue reading Remembering Paul A. Johnsgard
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