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Submerged Stories, Breaching History

Submerged Stories, Breaching History

"Submerged Stories, Breaching History," Wild Roof Journal, Issue 15 (July 2022): 15-22. All places contain ghost landscapes when you see them as a historian does, which is to say, how I do. Buried beneath today’s scenic vista lies all of the yesterdays, layered one upon another, accreting

Wild Times

Wild Times

"Wild Times," Barzakh Magazine, Issue 15 (Summer 2022). But I realize that time isn’t a refuge any more than the wilderness is an escape from people. You cannot go into it or out of it. You cannot choose to participate in or avoid time. Time beats on

Making America's Public Lands

Making America's Public Lands

Making America's Public Lands: The Contested History of Conservation on Federal Lands. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. Publisher's Site

The Slaughter of Elk at Yellowstone

"The Slaughter of Elk at Yellowstone National Park: And how it changed Park Service policy," JSTOR Daily (August 18, 2021). The Slaughter of Elk at Yellowstone National Park - JSTOR DailyAnd how it changed Park Service policy.JSTOR DailyElizabeth Winterhalter

An Evolving Idea

"An Evolving Idea: Perils and Promise of the Federal Landscape," Desert Report (September 2020): 8-11, 21. AN EVOLVING IDEAView all posts by Desert Report

An Open Pit Visible from the Moon

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. Publisher's Site Winner of the 2021 Hal K. Rothman Prize from the Western History Association for the best western environmental history

Economic Giants Drive Income Inequality

"Economic giants drive income inequality in a second Gilded Age," High Country News (November 27, 2019). Economic giants drive income inequality in a second Gilded Age - High Country NewsCan we look to history for reform ideas in the age of big tech robber barons?High Country NewsAdam