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Claiming Spaces for Science

Claiming Spaces for Science

"Claiming Spaces for Science: The Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-18) and the Ambiguities of Scientific Exploration," Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences 47, no. 2 (April 2017): 164-99. Claiming Spaces for ScienceSOWARDS-ClaimingSpacesScience-2017.pdf1 MBdownload-circle

In latest skirmish of western land wars, Congress supports mining and ranching

Adam M. Sowards, University of Idaho [Originally published at The Conversation] Republicans in Congress are enthusiastically using the Congressional Review Act to overturn regulations finalized during the last weeks of the Obama administration. One measure on their list is the Bureau of Land Management’s new Planning 2.0 rule,

In Latest Skirmish of Western Land Wars

"In Latest Skirmish of Western Land Wars, Congress Supports Mining and Ranching," The Conversation (February 20, 2017). In latest skirmish of western land wars, Congress supports mining and ranchingRepublicans in Congress are working to kill an Obama administration rule that broadens public input into federal land use planning.

Perils of Partisanship

[NB: This letter to the editor appeared in the Spokesman-Review. I'm sharing here with links. You can find it on the newspaper's website under the title "Lockstep tramples truth."] In her recent appearance on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Instituting Water Research

Instituting Water Research

With Brynn M. Lacabanne, "Instituting Water Research: The Water Resources Research Act (1964) and the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute," Water History 9, no. 3 (September 2017): 295–316. Instituting water research: the Water Resources Research Act (1964) and the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute - Water HistoryIn

Weaving Our Strands

Hannah Arendt, History, and Our Times

Pleading for Posterity

Pleading for Posterity

“Pleading for Posterity: Idaho Wilderness in Time,” in Idaho Wilderness Considered, eds. Murray Feldman and Jennifer Emery Davison (Boise: Idaho Humanities Council, 2016): 33-48.