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Dissenting from within Federal Agencies

Dissenting from within Federal Agencies

The origins of the Association of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Adam M. Sowards 26 Feb 2025
Standing against Racism in Wartime

Standing against Racism in Wartime

How Rupert Trimmingham inspired democracy's best
Adam M. Sowards 19 Feb 2025
Supporting Agriculture

Supporting Agriculture

How the federal government seeded a network for farmers
Adam M. Sowards 12 Feb 2025
A Question of Political Leadership

A Question of Political Leadership

Rethinking a "Scoop" Jackson anecdote
Adam M. Sowards 20 Nov 2024
Seeking Elk

Seeking Elk

"Seeking Elk," South Dakota Review 58, no. 3 (2024): 92-98. Bear with me. I know this is abstract and maybe a little boring. But my idea had potential. A normal history—like many I’ve written—tells stories about the past in a straightforward way. And the history
Adam M. Sowards 21 Sep 2024
Shifting Political Baselines

Shifting Political Baselines

How a concept from fisheries biology is relevant to politics
Adam M. Sowards 24 Jul 2024
Hope in Public Lands

Hope in Public Lands

With Leisl Carr Childers, "Hope in Public Lands: A Conversation," in Wallace Stegner’s Unsettled Country: Ruin, Realism, and Possibility in the American West, eds. Mark Fiege, Michael J. Lansing, and Leisl Carr Childers (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2024): 183-212. Publisher's Site
Adam M. Sowards 01 Feb 2024

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