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On the Nature of Change

On the Nature of Change

Reports of the National Park Service
Adam M. Sowards 10 Dec 2025
E Pluribus Unum for the Parks

E Pluribus Unum for the Parks

How the National Park Service united its disparate parts
Adam M. Sowards 03 Dec 2025
Incongruous Claims

Incongruous Claims

The persistence of mining in national park history
Adam M. Sowards 15 Oct 2025
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

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