Happy Birthday, George Perkins Marsh!
In 1864, George Perkins Marsh’s book, Man and Nature, placed the concepts of sustainable forestry, sustainable farming and water conservation in the public eye for the first time.
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Ernest Oberholtzer’s expeditions of 1912 and 1963
Ernest Oberholtzer set out to become a renowned writer and explorer. He ended up saving millions of acres of wilderness instead.
It’s Frederick Law Olmsted’s Birthday
Today is the 199th birthday of the father of American landscape architecture and of such great public spaces as New York City’s Central Park, campuses such as Stanford in California and the University of Maine in Orono, and hundreds of other famous parks and grounds. […]
Here we go again …
Writing a book is like running a marathon. When you complete one, you need to rest for a while, then start training again. In this case, I’ve been “training” for this book for several years. My interest in the history of wilderness creation and protection […]
Podcast on MindDogTV
Jeff Ryan recently joined Matt Luppo to discuss America’s hiking trails and the contributions of America’s conservation giants, who foresaw the need to set aside a portion of public lands with the intention of keeping them forever wild.
Eleanor Roosevelt and the wilderness
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a daily article 6 days a week for 26 years. Called “My Day”, it was the precursor to today’s blogs.
Who was Howard Zahniser?
When I compiled my first list of possible subjects for Voices of the Wilderness episodes, some names jumped right into the mix – Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Edward Abbey, Rachel Carson and Aldo Leopold. Then I started digging into the USFWS archive material at […]
Architect of The Wilderness Act of 1964
One of the greatest contributors to the 20th century American conservation movement has also been one of the most overlooked.
Episode One – Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold was a visionary forester, wilderness advocate, watershed expert and pioneer in land restoration. His life’s work culminated in the development of a “land ethic”, one that encouraged us to look at land not as a commodity, but a community to which we belong. […]
Aldo Leopold and The Birth of the Land Ethic
Aldo Leopold was one of the most talented and important contributors to America’s conservation movement. In the 1920s, he successfully lobbied for the creation of the first wilderness area in the world. In the 1930s, he established the field of game management by championing the […]