An Evolving Idea
"An Evolving Idea: Perils and Promise of the Federal Landscape," Desert Report (September 2020): 8-11, 21.
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Adam M. Sowards
Fighting Kennecott from the Supervisor's Office
"Fighting Kennecott from the Supervisor's Office: Harold Chriswell, the Wilderness Act, and Independence in the North Cascades," Forest History Today (Spring/Fall 2020): 26-33.
Floating through the Parks
"Floating through the Parks," Montana Mouthful, "The Great Outdoors," Volume 3, Issue 2 [2020], 9-11.
With the ridge rising beyond and the lake pooling below, I thought myself standing in a classic scene, part of a park diorama. I felt the requisite awe and humility while
No Sacrifices of the Public Interest in Times of Emergency
"No Sacrifices of the Public Interest in Times of Emergency," The Revelator (May 6, 2020).
No Sacrifices of the Public Interest in Times of Emergency • The RevelatorThe Trump administration continues to strip away environmental protections in the pandemic. History shows that the people can fight back — and win.
An Open Pit Visible from the Moon
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.
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Winner of the 2021 Hal K. Rothman Prize from the Western History Association for the best western environmental history
Passenger Pigeons, Democracy, and a Future to Seize
Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Forty-three years later, in 1947, a monument memorialized the extinct pigeons in Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin at the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers, just south of Prairie du Chien. The state’s most famous conservationist,
Boeing's History Reveals Connections and Disconnections
"Boeing's history reveals connections and disconnections in the West's economy," High Country News (February 18, 2020).
Boeing’s history reveals connections and disconnections in the West’s economy - High Country NewsThe placelessness of corporations today can imperil communities.High Country NewsAdam M. Sowards