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The Wilderness Reluctance of the National Park Service

The Wilderness Reluctance of the National Park Service

The slow, incomplete protection of national park wilderness
Adam M. Sowards 08 Oct 2025
Beginning to Change Park-Tribal Relationships

Beginning to Change Park-Tribal Relationships

Excavating a 1987 National Park Service policy
Adam M. Sowards 13 Aug 2025
Elitism and Refuge in America's Breathing Spaces

Elitism and Refuge in America's Breathing Spaces

Exploring the paradoxes of Acadia National Park
Adam M. Sowards 09 Jul 2025
Protecting History in the Parks

Protecting History in the Parks

How historians joined the National Park Service
Adam M. Sowards 02 Jul 2025
The State of the Parks

The State of the Parks

Identifying needs and threats
Adam M. Sowards 19 Mar 2025
National Parks Portfolio (1925)

National Parks Portfolio (1925)

Reading promotional literature to understand the parks
Adam M. Sowards 11 Sep 2024
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
Adam M. Sowards 15 Apr 2022

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